DefenceTalkThe Chinese military said it warned a US warship to “leave” waters in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday, claims swiftly denied as “false” by American forces. China claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea — a strategic waterway through which trillions of dollars in trade pass annually — despite an international […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-military-says-warned-us-warship-to-leave-s-china-sea-79976/

DefenceTalkAn American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the US Navy said, in a move likely to anger Beijing. The guided missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon “conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Jan. 5 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law,” the Navy said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-warship-transits-through-taiwan-strait-79707/

DefenceTalkThe US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier embarked on its maiden deployment Tuesday, a milestone for a ship that has suffered problems with some of the advanced technologies it carries. The USS Gerald R. Ford — which cost more than $13 billion — will work with countries including Canada, France and Germany during a deployment that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navys-13bn-aircraft-carrier-embarks-on-first-deployment-79473/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years on Monday, a day after Pyongyang conducted a ballistic missile launch. Washington is Seoul’s key security ally and stations about 28,500 troops in South Korea to protect it from the nuclear-armed North. South Korea’s hawkish President Yoon […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-begin-naval-drills-after-norths-missile-test-79442/

DefenceTalkChinese president Xi Jinping has set a timeline for his nation’s military to be capable of taking Taiwan by 2027 — just five years from now. Recent events in the Taiwan strait have some questioning the strategic situation and prospects of a near-term invasion.  Colin H. Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, said that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-may-draw-lessons-from-russian-failures-in-ukraine-79362/

DefenceTalkAn Iranian naval flotilla briefly seized two American military unmanned research vessels in the Red Sea before releasing them, Iranian state media reported on Friday. The Iranian navy’s “Jamaran destroyer encountered several American military unmanned research vessels on the international shipping route on Thursday while carrying out a counter-terrorism mission in the Red Sea,” state […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iran-briefly-seizes-two-us-navy-drone-vessels-in-red-sea-79313/

DefenceTalkTwo United States warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the American navy said, the first such transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island. In a statement, the US Navy said the passage “demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.” Tensions in the Taiwan Strait soared to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-us-navy-warships-transit-through-taiwan-strait-79263/

DefenceTalkSeveral US warships were cruising in waters near Taiwan on Tuesday, US military officials said, amid Chinese anger over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to the island Beijing claims as its territory. As China announced it would hold live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait in response to Pelosi’s visit, the US Navy’s Seventh […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-warships-cruising-near-taiwan-as-pelosi-visits-79169/

DefenceTalkAustralia’s government lashed out at “loose” comments by the former defence minister Thursday, after he revealed sensitive plans to buy US nuclear-powered submarines over their British rivals. Peter Dutton, who left office as defence minister a few weeks ago after his conservative coalition lost elections, disclosed his previously secret plans to choose the US Virginia-class […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-lashes-out-after-us-nuclear-subs-plan-revealed-78921/

DefenceTalkSix U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft out of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Washington State are on their way to Europe and are expected to arrive today in Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said. “This is in order to bolster readiness, enhance NATO’s collective defense posture and further increase […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-ea-18g-growler-aircraft-headed-to-germany-to-support-deterrence-mission-78526/