New Zealand’s Defence Minister Judith Collins has warned that the Chinese naval task group conducting military exercises in the Tasman Sea is “extremely capable”, with one of the warships carrying ballistic missiles with a range of about 1,000 kilometres. It comes after China’s Ministry of Defence accused Australia and New Zealand of “hyping” their response…
In an ironic twist of cosmic problem-solving, Chinese researchers have transformed a lingering Nasa headache – the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts – into a revolutionary propulsion breakthrough that could redefine modern warfare and space travel. As a result, helium, the ultralight gas used to pressurise liquid rocket fuel, has become an emblem of engineering frailty….
Mainland China’s military appeared to have stepped up manoeuvres near Taiwan during the country’s extended Lunar New Year holiday, usually a quiet period for defence and exercise activity. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sent an average of 13 aircraft and six navy vessels near Taiwan during the 15-day holiday period, compared with nine aircraft and…
The incident marks the second confrontation this week between Manila and Beijing over disputed South China Sea islands. China’s military said it drove away three Philippines aircraft “illegally” flying over the disputed Spratly Islands, marking the second aerial incident this week involving Beijing and Manila in the South China Sea. A spokesperson for the Chinese…
Three Chinese navy ships have charted a course along Australia’s eastern coast in a move described as ‘unusual’ by the country’s defence minister. Australia and New Zealand are monitoring the “unusual” presence of a group of Chinese naval vessels spotted in international waters off the Australian eastern coast, defence ministers of the two countries said….
Across Ukraine, local politicians were candid in their opinions of Trump’s attacks. “We may like Zelenskyy, or we may not, we may scold him, or we may praise him, we may condemn his actions, or we may applaud them … because he is OUR President,” Borys Filatov, mayor of the industrial city of Dnipro, wrote…
Manila says it will lodge a diplomatic protest after a Chinese helicopter flew deliberately within 3 metres (10 feet) of a Philippine aircraft. The United States ambassador to Manila has condemned “dangerous” manoeuvres by a Chinese navy helicopter that threatened the safety of a Philippine government aircraft patrolling a disputed shoal in the South China…
But they said the administration said they won’t “get ahead” of itself. POLITICO asked Starmer on a trip to Kyiv last month if he’d commit to a vote on any British peacekeepers. He declined to give such a commitment. ‘United front’ MPs from Westminster’s opposition parties are demanding parliament’s involvement, too. “We support the prime…
Kyiv, Ukraine – Ahead of the emergency summit in Paris on Europe’s response to being excluded from US-Russia peace talks, Ukraine’s president warned of his country’s bleak future if US military aid is cut. “[W]e will have low chance – low chance to survive without support of the United States,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in…
Chinese jets tell Canadian warship transiting through the Taiwan Strait to change course. Taiwan has detected 24 Chinese military aircraft near the island as a Canadian warship passed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence says. The Chinese aircraft included fighter jets and drones and were spotted on Sunday carrying out “joint…