China’s leader is ordering preparation for wars. Xi Jinping is requesting the Chinese military to “devote all its energy” to gearing up. A top U.S. general says the United States will help train and equip Taiwan. At the same time, a Navy admiral is sending out a warning. The president of the California Board of…
Xi Jinping Tells Chinese Military to Devote All Energy to Preparing to Fight Wars
North Korea Says Launches Were Simulated Attack, as South Recovers Missile Parts
SEOUL—North Korea said on Monday that its recent missile launches were simulated strikes on South Korea and the United States as the two countries held a “dangerous war drill,” while the South said it had recovered parts of a North Korean missile near its coast. Last week, North Korea test-fired multiple missiles, including a possible…
Ukraine Says Nuclear Plant Again Cut Off From Grid After Russian Shelling
KYIV—Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was operating on back-up diesel generators on Thursday after being disconnected from the Ukrainian power grid by Russian shelling, the Ukrainian nuclear energy company said. Energoatom said the last remaining high voltage lines connecting the plant to the Ukrainian grid had been damaged in Wednesday’s shelling, and that Moscow…
Congressman’s Aide Fired Over China Ties
A longtime congressional aide has been fired for allegedly working on China’s behalf. Twitter is removing over 2,000 China-based accounts. They’re said to have fanned the flames of political division in the United States ahead of the midterm elections. Another American microchip maker is cutting its China operations amid sweeping sanctions from Washington. The Netherlands…
Southeast Asia Needs More Submarines—Not Fewer
Commentary It is a common cliché that the Asia-Pacific is somehow in the “grip of a regional arms race.” Every few months, there appears an article in the press that Asian militaries are in a “missile race” or a “naval arms race” or some kind of “action-reaction arming.” Much of this is driven by rising…
North Korea Fires Missile and Shells, Flies Warplanes Near Border, Further Inflaming Tensions
SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea early Friday fired an additional ballistic missile and 170 rounds of artillery shells toward the sea and flew warplanes near the tense border with South Korea, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests. The North Korean moves suggest it is reviving an old playbook of stoking…
North Korea Fires Another Missile, Flies Warplanes Near Border
SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea early Friday launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with South Korea, the South’s military said, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the missile lifted off from…
North Korea Fires Missile After Harris Leaves South Korea
PANMUNJOM, Korea—In a show of defiance, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Thursday, hours after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris flew home from a visit to South Korea during which she traveled to the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas and emphasized the “ironclad” U.S. commitment to the security of…
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Ahead of Military Drills by South Korea, US
SEOUL—North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, ahead of planned military drills by South Korean and U.S. forces involving an aircraft carrier, and a visit to the region by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. South Korea’s military said it was a single, short-range ballistic missile fired from…
Ukraine Says Russian Missile Struck Close to Nuclear Plant
KYIV, Ukraine—A Russian missile blasted a crater close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on Monday, damaging nearby industrial equipment but not hitting its three reactors, Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom said. The missile struck within 300 meters (328 yards) of the reactors at the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk…
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