The United States, Australia, Canada, and the Philippines began a two-day joint air and naval exercise Wednesday, Aug. 7, in the South China Sea to reinforce international law amid China’s territorial expansions. The exercises, which are occurring within Manila’s 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone, aim to ensure free navigation and enhance coordination among the allied…

For the first time, a pair of H-6 bombers from China were observed flying near Alaska, in a part of the skies known as the Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ. An ADIZ is not sovereign airspace, but all craft are required to identify themselves in the interest of international security. The Chinese H-6s flew…

This year’s Rim of the Pacific exercises — more commonly known as RIMPAC — saw several notable accomplishments. RIMPAC is the world’s largest maritime warfare exercise, designed to prepare the U.S. and its allies for war in one of the most massive places on the planet: the Pacific Ocean. RIMPAC 2024 saw 25,000 warfighters from…

The United States Navy needs help repairing and maintaining its fleet of ships. Fortunately, help is on the way in the form of two companies from South Korea, Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries. The new partnership should bring a significant boost to the United States’ sea lift capacity. Currently, the Navy faces a…

The Philippines and China are trying to work out a deal where both countries can use the waters near the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Whether or not both sides can live with the agreement remains to be seen. The South China Sea is one of, if not the most, disputed bodies…

Taiwan is maintaining a high state of alert as Chinese military activities escalate around the island, intensifying regional tensions. On Wednesday, July 10, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry reported monitoring 66 Chinese aircraft near its airspace. The sightings follow observations of China’s Shandong aircraft carrier navigating close to the Philippines, marking a sustained effort by Beijing to…

Tensions continue to rise in the South China Sea following a recent clash between the Philippines’ navy and China’s coast guard. During the incident, Chinese personnel, wielding machetes and spears, injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged two of their boats. The Philippines has vowed to fight back if the Chinese try anything like it again.…

New ability achieved. For the first time in the Indo-Pacific, the United States Marine Corps successfully fired the AGM-179 joint air-to-ground missile (JAGM), hitting and sinking a moving vessel near Okinawa, Japan. The JAGM was fired by a USMC AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter during an expeditionary strike training mission by the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.…

Editor’s note: After Straight Arrow News and several other outlets reported on Boeing’s Revolver Hypersonic Missile Launcher, a Boeing spokesperson clarified that the rendering was not created by Boeing and the company does not have the launcher in development. This story has been updated to correct the previous inaccuracy on July 1 at 11:35 a.m.…

Many jobs require some form of on-the-job training, working with colleagues so employees can go back to their jobs with more knowledge and confidence than before. However, in the world of special operations, where on-the-job training is constant, insights into how to best use new technology don’t always make it to the frontlines. In special…