The Department of Public Health and Social Services, in partnership with the Guam Fire Department and local emergency medical services agencies, hosted the EMS for Children Day Health Fair on Wednesday at Micronesia Mall in Dededo as part of EMS Week 2025. The event featured educational displays, hands-on CPR demonstrations, Stop the Bleed training and…
Experts have told Newsweek that the island chain strategy, which was formulated by the United States during the Cold War, remains relevant today in containing Washington’s near-peer competitor, China, as Beijing attempts to push American forces further away from it. The U.S. strengthened its military deployment in the Asia-Pacific region with “a zero-sum mentality out…
Pete Hegseth HAGÅTÑA (BenarNews/Pacnews) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reaffirmed the United States is committed to defending the Pacific territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands and said any attack on them would be an attack on the mainland. Hegseth touched down in Guam from Hawaii last Thursday as part of a regional…
A compact, deep-sea, cable-cutting device, capable of severing the world’s most fortified underwater communication or power lines, has been unveiled by China – and it could shake up global maritime power dynamics. The revelation marks the first time any country has officially disclosed that it has such an asset, capable of disrupting critical undersea networks….
Israel’s aerial defense system Iron Dome destroys rockets fired from Southern Lebanon in Haifa, Israel on September 23, 2024. (Saeed Qaq/Anadolu via Getty Images) WASHINGTON – A new executive order from President Donald Trump calls for greater investments for a multilayered homeland air defense system, including a requirement for the development of space-based interceptors. On…
Seven Chinese citizens were arrested on charges of illegally entering Guam around the time the US Missile Defence Agency conducted a key missile interception test using a new radar, the island’s Customs and Quarantine Agency has said. The agency said at least four of the people arrested on December 10-11 were found “in the vicinity…
The Chinese military has “the world’s leading” hypersonic missile arsenal, weapons that are helping it to operate “deeper into the Indo-Pacific region”, according to the Pentagon’s latest assessment of its rival’s armed forces. In its annual report to the US Congress on Wednesday, the Department of Defence said the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) remained focused…
In the second of a three-part series on mainland China’s increasing military presence around the self-governed island, Hayley Wong looks at how the People’s Liberation Army has been stepping up its efforts away from the Taiwan Strait. To city dwellers and tourists in Taiwan, the island’s eastern coast is all about pristine mountains, deep gorges,…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China and economy stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. US conducts first ballistic missile intercept in Guam amid contest with China Washington has conducted the first-ever test of a ballistic missile interception from Guam, which US…
Taiwan said China restricted airspace off its southeastern coast and sent naval vessels near the strait separating them, a sign Beijing may hold military drills in one of the world’s most tense geopolitical hotspots. China reserved seven airspace areas east of its Zhejiang and Fujian provinces through Wednesday, the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense said…