DefenceTalkThe US military will continue to operate “wherever” international law allows, including in the South China Sea, a top US admiral said in Beijing on Tuesday, a week after America infuriated China by sailing close to artificial islands it is building in the contested waters. “International seas and airspace belong to everyone and are not […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-operate-wherever-law-allows-in-south-china-sea-65735/

DefenceTalkWashington: The Pentagon on Wednesday confirmed the presence of five Chinese naval vessels in the Bering Sea between Russia and Alaska, which US President Barack Obama is currently visiting. It was believed to be the first time Chinese military ships have been spotted in the area and is another sign of China’s global presence expanding […]https://www.defencetalk.com/five-chinese-naval-ships-spotted-in-bering-sea-pentagon-65275/

DefenceTalkMaybe it’s time to build new big battleships, American scholar Robert Farley suggests, adding that he expects the return of the era of big warships. Although big ships went out of style decades ago maybe it’s time to bring back legendary battleships, Professor Robert Farley of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce notes, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-us-china-returning-to-battleships-era-65251/

DefenceTalkChina is building a modern and regionally powerful navy with a limited but growing capability for conducting operations beyond China’s near-seas region. Observers of Chinese and U.S. military forces view China’s improving naval capabilities as posing a potential challenge in the Western Pacific to the U.S. Navy’s ability to achieve and maintain control of blue-water […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-naval-modernization-implications-for-us-navy-capabilities-3-64983/

DefenceTalkChina has confirmed that it is building a unique aircraft carrier, and that it may even be nuclear-powered. On Thursday, huanqiu.com, the Chinese-language version of local Global Times, published an internal document of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. The report states that the company’s “priority missions” are to build nuclear submarines and an aircraft carrier. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-building-new-aircraft-carrier-possibly-nuclear-powered-64953/

DefenceTalkChina’s determination to become what President Xi Jinping called a “great maritime power” and how the United States should respond has received a lot of media attention. Recently, Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, now a senior fellow at the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA), in a recent paper delivered at a two-day CNA conference on Chinese […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-growing-maritime-power-may-look-like-mini-us-navy-by-2020-64951/

DefenceTalkAccording to the Chinese Defence Ministry, Beijing’s navy held a military drill to rehearse resupplying missiles in a combat situation, the first of its kind. Conducted in the Yellow Sea between the Chinese mainland and the Korean Peninsula, the exercises involved aircraft and sea vessels, as well as ground troops, and featured live-fire drills of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-navy-simulates-combat-missile-resupply-in-first-ever-drill-64810/

DefenceTalkChinese and Russian naval forces on Monday launched a joint naval exercise in the southern Russian port city of Novorossiysk. Code-named “Joint Sea 2015-I”, it is the fourth since joint China-Russia sea drills began in 2012. The drills, scheduled from May 11 to May 21 in the Mediterranean and involving nine surface ships from both […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-russia-joint-drill-not-aimed-at-any-third-party-64184/

DefenceTalkImages from Chinese state television suggest that the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has commissioned the latest in its Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvette vessels. Under the name Huangshi, the vessel was built at the Shanghai Hudong shipyard and is now the 20th in-class to be commissioned. According to IHS Jane, the ship was inducted into […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-builds-latest-asw-capable-corvette-warship-64187/

DefenceTalkUS, Japanese and South Korean diplomats Thursday renewed concerns about moves by China to stake its claim to disputed seas and urged Beijing to preserve freedom of navigation in the key waterways. Deputy US Secretary Tony Blinken repeated America’s position that all competing claims in the South and East China Seas should be dealt with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/allies-concerned-at-chinas-maritime-moves-63870/