USNI: Pentagon: Chinese Navy to Expand to 400 Ships by 2025, Growth Focused on Surface Combatants
China is building more modern surface combatants and expanding its aircraft carrier and logistics force to grow its naval influence further from shore, according to... MORE
USNI: Canada, France Should Join AUKUS Style Tech Agreement with U.S., Senator Says
A senior Republican senator suggested Washington craft a military technology agreement with Canada and France to strengthen alliances with the U.S. and to deter Russia... MORE
USNI News: China’s Accelerated Timeline to Take Taiwan Pushing Navy in the Pacific, Says CNO Gilday
Amid concerns that China could try to reunify the mainland with Taiwan faster than previously anticipated, the United States Navy is also eyeing a more... MORE
USNI News: Losing to China in AI, Emerging Tech Will Cost U.S. Trillions, Threaten Security, Says Panel
A grim future awaits the United States if it loses the competition with China on developing key technologies like artificial intelligence in the near future,... MORE
USNI: To Counter China in Latin America, Focus on Argentina
As China continues to enlarge its political, economic, and military presence in the Southern Cone of South America, it is imperative for the United States... MORE
USNI: The Pacific Deterrence Initiative: Defending Guam Is Paramount
No region is more important to today’s great power competition than the Indo-Pacific.
USNI News: People’s Liberation Army Navy Ships Complete Circle Around Japan
A People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) surface group entered the East China Sea on Wednesday, according to a Thursday Japan Defense Ministry release. The surface... MORE
USNI: Australian Leaders Call for Investigation into Chinese Laser Harassment of Surveillance Aircraft; PLA Denies Wrongdoing
The Chinese military has denied that a People’s Liberation Army Navy warship used a laser last week to harass an Australian military aircraft, while Australian... MORE
USNI: SECNAV Del Toro Sounds Alarm Over Chinese Illegal Fishing
Illegal and unreported fishing “is happening on an industrial scale” around the globe and the culprit often is China’s subsidized fishing fleet, Navy Secretary Carlos... MORE
USNI News: Chinese Military Surveillance Ship, Aircraft Spotted at Contested South China Sea Reef
Satellite imagery captured by Maxar indicates the presence of Chinese intelligence-gathering vessels, maritime patrol aircraft and multiple fishing vessels near the Spratly Islands, a disputed... MORE