DefenceTalkLife may seem tranquil on Japan’s remote Yonaguni island, where wild horses graze and tourists dive to spot hammerhead sharks, but China’s recent huge military exercises have rattled residents. The western island is just 110 kilometres (70 miles) from Taiwan, and a Chinese missile fired during the drills last month landed not far from Yonaguni’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-moves-on-taiwan-rattle-remote-japanese-island-79409/

DefenceTalkMajor military exercises involving 30,000 NATO troops and partner countries kicked off in Norway on Monday as tensions escalate between the West and Russia over the Ukraine war. Cold Response 2022, planned long before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, aims to test how Norway would manage Allied reinforcements on its soil, in line with Article 5 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/major-nato-maneuvers-kick-off-in-norway-78392/

DefenceTalkColombia and the United States announced on Monday a nuclear submarine was taking part for the first time in joint military exercises in the Caribbean Sea as regional tensions mount. Earlier this month, Colombia accused Russia of “foreign interference” on its border with Venezuela where two left-wing guerrilla groups have been fighting deadly battles for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/colombia-us-announce-joint-exercises-with-nuclear-submarine-78186/