Indo-Pacific

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  • Pentagon Assessment Urging Military Buildup In Indo-Pacific As Tensions Rise
    The Pentagon
    The Department of Defense's global posture review made recommendations for the country's response to threats in Russia and China.
  • UK Begins Military Pivot To Asia To Contain China
    HMS Queen Elizabeth
    The UK would acquire 13 new frigates to restore Britain's position as "the foremost naval power in Europe."
  • Near-Coast Combat Ships To Lead U.S. Response To China's Growing Naval Power
    USS  Gabrielle Giffords
    The U.S. Navy will deploy more combat ships that operate in coastal waters such as islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea.
  • U.S. Marines Adding Silencers To Automatic Rifles
    U.S. and South Korean Marines in joint training exercise
    The Marine Corps is now fielding sound suppressors, or silencers, to close combat infantry squads
  • One More U.S. Navy Carrier Deploys to Indo-Pacific
    NUCLEAR POWERED
    The U.S. Navy is beefing-up its warfighting strength in the Indo-Pacific by deploying another aircraft carrier to the region.
  • Pentagon Reactivating U.S. Navy 1st Fleet for Action Against China
    USS Ronald Reagan
    "We can't just rely on the 7th Fleet in Japan. We have to look to our other allies and partners like Singapore, like India.
  • Japan Building Expeditionary Air Force For Possible Overseas Fights
    A Japan Air Self-Defense Force's F-35A stealth fighter
    Japan is training and equipping an expeditionary air force to fight alongside the United States in the Indo-Pacific region.
  • China Must Better Counter U.S. Hegemony in Asia, Says Op-ed.
    Strategic competition
    The re-orientation of the United States Armed Forces towards fighting and winning future conventional wars against Russia and China has triggered a re-examination of Chinese military thought to cope with this new and unsettling reality.