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China’s Ghost Fleet in the Indian Ocean
Are the stories surrounding China’s Indian Ocean fleet just wishful thinking? Today, Defense News ran a very interesting piece attacking the often repeated assertion that China will soon be adding one additional fleet to the three existing ones (the North...
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Malaysia, Indonesia to seek resolution of sea disputes
POSTED: 06 Feb 2015 13:59 The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia have pledged to resolve long-standing territorial disputes that have dogged bilateral ties between the two neighbours. PUTRAJAYA: The leaders of Malaysia and Indonesia on Friday (Feb 6) pledged...
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Japan Wades Into South China Sea Issue
By Mina Pollmann February 06, 2015 Japan is becoming more involved in the South China Sea disputes through increased outreach to Southeast Asian partners. In the 1970s, when Japan first sought to craft a foreign policy identity independent of the U.S.,...
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South Korean guard sentenced to death for shooting spree at border with North
A South Korean military court today handed down a death sentence to a young conscript who killed five colleagues in a shooting spree at a guard post near the border with North Korea last year. The court martial in the eastern city of Wonju condemned the...
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New centre to train Singaporeans for emergencies
By Kimberly Spykerman, News 5 Tonight POSTED: 02 Feb 2015 17:12 At the opening of the Singapore Civil Defence Force's Emergency Preparedness Centre, Acting Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean said there is a need to continually upgrade capabilities and enhance...
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Pékin essaie de garder le secret sur son deuxième porte-avions
L'armée chinoise a-t-elle été à nouveau trahie par l'un de ses partenaires ? Alors que l'armée refusait de confirmer la construction d'un second porte-avions, le fabricant de câbles Jiangsu Shangshang s'est félicité durant le weekend d'avoir « remporté...
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Shinzo Abe: Working with global community the ‘only way to fight terrorism’
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday he wanted to debate the possibility of Japan’s military rescuing Japanese citizens abroad, a day after Islamic State militants said they had beheaded a Japanese journalist. The militants said on Sunday they had...
L’État islamique compte de plus en plus de recrues originaires d’Asie centrale
L’on savait que l’État islamique, qui a instauré un califat à cheval entre la Syrie et l’Irak, séduisait de plus en plus en Afrique du Nord (en particulier en Libye) ainsi qu’en Afghanistan et au Pakistan. Dans ces deux pays, des responsables taliban...
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L’Inde a tiré un missile balistique Agni V depuis un lanceur mobile
En 2012, l’Inde lança avec succès, et pour la première fois, un missile balitistique Agni V (« feu » en sanscrit) d’une portée de 5.000 km, ce qui plaça le pays au seuil du club des puissances dotées d’engins intercontinentaux (ICBM), lesquels sont en...
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Japanese air patrols over South China Sea would be ‘welcome’: Pentagon
JAN 31, 2015 KYODO WASHINGTON – The U.S. Defense Department said Friday it would “welcome” future air patrols by Japan over the South China Sea, where China is involved in territorial disputes with some Southeast Asian countries. But the U.S. State Department...
