Few geographic concepts carry more weight in modern military strategy than the First Island Chain. Stretching in a sweeping arc from the Kuril Islands through Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, the ...

Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics. Nowhere is that axiom more painfully relevant than in the Western Pacific, where the vast distances, scattered islands, and sophisticated enemy ...

The Pentagon’s policy chief has declared the first island chain stretching from Japan through Taiwan to the Philippines the U.S. military’s primary strategic focus, tying that priority to the recent ...

Article Summary An analysis of Japan's rapidly advancing domestic production and deployment of defense drones, viewed from the perspective of China's security and military strategy. It explains in sim ...

U.S. Marines tested a Neros Archer FPV attack drone launched from a reconnaissance boat off Okinawa, exploring mobile sea-based drone operations for future littoral missions (Picture Source: USMC) ...

Coast guard vessels from Japan and China engaged in a confrontation on July 7 in the waters near the disputed islands known as the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu Dao in China. The latest ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) would likely use “empty promises” to push the US to reduce its security commitments in the first island chain and relax export controls on advanced technology during ...

A conflict between Taiwan and China over a strategically located atoll at the top of the South China Sea risks escalating into a fatal confrontation and delivering a devastating blow to the first ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s second Izumo-class helicopter carrier Kaga, whose bow has been modified to a rectangular shape to enable operations of the stealth F-35B fighter. Credit: Japan ...

Ken Moriyasu joins Taiwan Talks for a discussion on China’s messaging at the Xiangshan Forum, competing proposals for United ...