The United States has deployed at least three warships near Alaska to support homeland defense operations as China and Russia began a joint patrol in the Northern Pacific Ocean. Photos released by the U.S. Navy show that destroyers USS Kidd and USS Sterett, as well as cruiser USS Lake Erie, conducted homeland defense operations in…
The United States Coast Guard encountered four vessels from the Russian and Chinese counterparts near Alaska on Saturday as they transited toward the Arctic Ocean for patrols. A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft spotted two Russian border guard ships and two Chinese coast guard ships approximately 440 miles southwest of St. Lawrence Island…
Aircraft carriers from both China and the U.S. were operating in the Pacific Ocean this week. One of the six West Coast-based American aircraft carriers visited Guam as it was on the way home following a deployment in the Western Pacific Ocean and the Middle East. Meanwhile, a Chinese aircraft carrier continued its deployment in…
China’s presence in the Northern Pacific Ocean, which borders the United States coast off Alaska, has been growing as its coast guard fleet continues to patrol the area for fisheries law enforcement. According to Chinese state media, China has deployed its coast guard ships since 2015, when the Convention on the Conservation and Management of…
In a rare move, China on Thursday published a photograph showing the previous day’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile that can reach most of the continental United States. China Junhao, the Chinese military’s media wing, posted the photo online but did not reveal the missile type or the test’s precise location. The picture showed…
China said it successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday in a move likely to fuel concerns among its neighbors. The Chinese defense ministry said the missile, carrying a “dummy warhead” was launched at 8:44 a.m. local time and fell into “expected areas” in the Pacific Ocean. China called…
A United States Navy warship, armed with a powerful laser weapon capable of destroying both aerial and waterborne threats, departed for Japan on Sunday to keep China at bay. USS Preble, a 9,700-ton Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was seen leaving Naval Base San Diego in California. A press release published on August 1 said the Preble…
The People’s Liberation Army launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday morning, according to the Chinese defence ministry. The ministry said the PLA’s Rocket Force successfully launched an ICBM carrying a simulated warhead that “accurately landed in the predetermined sea area” in the high seas. 03:20 ‘No winner in war‘:…
A Russian-Chinese flotilla sailed toward the Northern Pacific Ocean on Monday while the United States deployed two warships for homeland defense operations to protect Alaska. According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, a total of nine Russian and Chinese warships transited the La Perouse Strait, a designated international waterway known as the Soya Strait, eastward from…
China and Russia deepened their security cooperation in the North Pacific Ocean as they conducted a joint exercise and patrol mission this week. The Chinese-Russian coast guard exercise “Pacific Patrol-2024” was held in the Peter the Great Gulf during a visit to the city of Vladivostok in the Russian Far East by two Chinese maritime…