DefenceTalkSolomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said Friday his government would not allow a Chinese military base to be built in his country “under its watch” as he defended a pending security agreement with Beijing. Sogavare, echoing a fiery speech he made to Honiara’s parliament this week, dismissed concerns the deal would allow China a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/solomons-leader-rules-out-hosting-china-military-base-78565/

DefenceTalkA Malaysian serviceman shot dead three fellow air force personnel at a military base Friday before killing himself, police said, a rare case of gun violence in the Southeast Asian nation. He opened fire at around 7:30 am (2330 GMT Thursday) at a guard post at the air force base in Sarawak state, on the […]

DefenceTalkChina, according to a top US general, has signed a deal to establish its first military base in Africa. It would underscore Beijing’s growing global ambitions and raise the stakes for both cooperation and competition. The head of the US Africa Command, General David Rodriguez, told defense reporters recently that China had signed a ten-year […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-set-to-open-first-military-outpost-in-africa-65923/

DefenceTalkA blast ripped through a warehouse at a US military post near Tokyo early Monday, according to Japanese officials and the Pentagon, triggering a fire, but no injuries had been reported. The explosion occurred at a building at the US Army Sagami General Depot in the city of Sagamihara, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest […]https://www.defencetalk.com/blast-rips-through-building-at-us-military-depot-in-japan-65102/

DefenceTalkOn Thursday, the US-Kyrgyz cooperation agreement on aid lost its legal force, following a decision made last month by a Kyrgyz government irritated over Washington’s continued interference in its internal affairs. In an article for RIA Novosti, journalist Vladimir Ardaev explained why losing Bishek is an important blow to US plans for Central Asia. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/uss-loss-of-kyrgyzstan-means-losing-its-foot-hold-in-central-asia-65111/

DefenceTalkA blast ripped through a US military post near Tokyo early Monday, triggering a fire, the Pentagon confirmed, noting that no injuries had been reported. US Navy Commander Bill Urban, a spokesman, said the explosion occurred at a building at the Sagami Depot in the city of Sagamihara, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) southwest of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-confirms-blast-at-us-military-post-in-japan-65082/

DefenceTalkThe Chinese military is about to give its American counterpart the boot in the tiny country of Djibouti – the strategically critical entrance from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea located in the Horn of Africa. The United States is about to lose one of its military installations in the Republic of Djibouti, America’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-military-giving-us-troops-the-boot-in-djibouti-65075/

DefenceTalkChina is ready to make a greater contribution to peace and stability in the Horn of Africa, Beijing said Monday after Djibouti’s president told AFP negotiations over a Chinese military base were under way. “Maintenance of peace and stability in the region is in line with the interests of related countries,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-willing-to-do-more-in-horn-of-africa-64138/

DefenceTalkUS military personnel stationed at Al-Anad airbase in southern Yemen have been evacuated over security concerns, a Yemeni military source said on Saturday amid fighting involving Al-Qaeda militants nearby. The troops left late Friday for an “unknown destination”, the military source at the Yemeni base in Lahj province told AFP. Members of Yemen’s anti-terror units, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-evacuates-troops-from-south-yemen-base-military-source-63617/

DefenceTalkRussia will expand its airbase in Kyrgyzstan at the end of the year ahead of the shutdown of a US base in the country, a senior commander said Saturday. The number of planes at Russia’s Kant airbase in the country “will at least double by this December,” Viktor Sevastyanov, a senior Russian air force commander, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-expand-kyrgyzstan-military-base-official-49492/