U.S. military officials, including Air Force Attaché Colonel William Herbert, joined the commander of the Philippines' Northern Luzon Command, Lieutenant General Aristotle Gonzales, on Thursday to inspect the forward operating base recently opened on Batanes' Batan Island.

Taiwan said Tuesday it spotted 22 Chinese military aircraft and 20 vessels near the island over the previous 24 hours, as Beijing steps up its military activities in the area. Thirteen of the Chinese military aircraft reported on Tuesday had crossed the ...

The US Air Force’s strategy for fighting in the Indo-Pacific region would face significant challenges during a conflict over Taiwan, possibly resulting in defeat. That is the conclusion of two scholars who examined the likely outcome of such a ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build a Taiwan Dome, an air defense system with high-level detection and interception capabilities, as the U.S ...

Japan was going ahead with its plans to deploy missiles to a military base near Taiwan, its defence minister said, prompting China to fume that Tokyo had “crossed a red line”. Shinjiro Koizumi travelled to Japan’s military base on the westernmost ...

Assumptions about how a potential conflict between the United States and China over Taiwan would unfold should urgently be revisited. Such a war, far from being insulated, would likely draw in additional powers, expand geographically, and escalate vertically.

The suggestion by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission is unlikely to go down well in Beijing – or Manila. A U.S. congressional commission has proposed that Taiwan help fund upgrades to several Philippine military bases, arguing that ...

TAIPEI, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Wednesday it intends to deepen collaboration with the United States, including reciprocal visits and observation of military exercises, to help maintain peace and stability in the region.