China Holds Military Exercises Around Taiwan in Fresh Warning
The drills came after Taiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, announced measures to counter China’s influence and espionage.
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Raise defense spending to 3.4% of GDP: expert
However, Taiwan spending 10 percent of its GDP on military spending, as suggested by US undersecretary of defense for policy ...
How China’s massive defence spending doesn’t ensure strategic security for it
Beijing has long perfected the art of budgetary camouflage. Significant sums are routinely hidden off the official balance ...
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Japan, US share ‘warrior ethos’ to deter China, says Pentagon’s Hegseth
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Japan is an ‘indispensable partner’ against Beijing in the Asia Pacific.
Pentagon's Hegseth says US command in 'warrior' Japan being upgraded to deter China
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described Japan on Sunday as indispensable for tackling Chinese aggression and said ...
China ties — beware conciliation without deterrence
If India wants stability, it must accompany its conciliatory tone with the material capacity to deter aggression as far as ...
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China Will Increase Its Defense Budget 7.2% This Year
China’s military spending remains the second largest behind the U.S. and it already has the world’s largest navy. The budget, which adds up to about $245 billion, was announced at the National ...
Taiwan’s president says the defense budget will exceed 3% of GDP in military overhaul
Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said Thursday that the island’s defense budget will exceed 3% of its economic output ...
US: Ties to Japanese 'crucial' to countering China
On a trip to Tokyo, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the US and Japan need to maintain a strong relationship to deter China's "military aggression." ...
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Trump’s Pentagon seeks spending on Pacific forces, cuts to environmental and cultural programs
President Donald Trump and his defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, have promised sweeping changes to the U.S. military.
Europe Vows a Military Buildup
ReArm Europe pledges to fix these problems. The massive investment would represent around 4 percent of the continent’s total ...
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China boosts its defence spending by 7% after threatening US with 'any war' amid Trump's tariff roll-out... so how do the two superpowers' armed forces measure up?
Sabre-rattling China is set to boost its defence spending by 7.2% after threatening America with 'any war' amid a furious row over Donald Trump's planned tariffs. The communist state announced the ...