Indian Prime Minister Backs $3.18 Billion Plan for Domestic Carrier
India’s freshly elected prime minister is backing $3.18 billion to complete the Indian Navy’s domestically built aircraft carrier after seeing…
China Invited Back for Future RIMPAC Exercises
This post has been amended to include an additional comment from U.S. 3rd Fleet. Ships from the People’s Liberation Army…
Forbes to Pentagon: Don’t Give ‘Beijing a Veto’ on Discussion about China
A senior member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) has called on the Navy and the Pentagon to have…
Chinese Ships Arrive at Pearl Harbor
Two Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships arrived at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on Tuesday, according to Chinese…
Document: Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea
The following is the April, 2014 version of the multi-national Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea (CUES) signed by 21…
Greenert: Don’t ‘Unnecessarily Antagonize’ China
NEWPORT, R.I. — Open discussion of how U.S. forces could deter Chinese ships and aircraft could unnecessarily antagonize one of…
Chinese Weapons That Worry the Pentagon
The Pentagon released its 2014 report to Congress, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China on Thursday.…
Document: Annual Report to Congress on Chinese Military Development
The following is the Pentagon’s annual report to Congress, Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2014.…
China and Russia Kick Off Joint Naval Drills
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the Russian Navy kicked off a week of naval exercises in near Shanghai…
Greenert: Navy ‘Starting to Shape Events’ in volatile South China Sea
The sea service’s expanding presence in the Asia-Pacific is already starting to pay dividends in tamping down tensions between China…