Wendell Minnickvia Flickr China’s maritime actions are enticing Vietnam to edge closer to the US, writes Wendell Minnick in Defense News. The United States is taking advantage of Vietnamese angst over Chinese arrests of Vietnamese fishermen, threats against multinational oil companies operating in Vietnamese waters, increased naval exercises and theRead More →
Getty Images via @daylife Military tensions between China and the US are rising again as US aircraft carrier George Washington will join exercises with South-Korea in the Yellow Sea, writes Wendell Minnick in Defense News. The exact date the aircraft carrier would enter the Yellow Sea was not released. The George WashingtonRead More →
Wendell Minnick Fantake via Flickr In a new step in China’s further military expansion, a new anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBN) will be deployed from Guangdong, writes Wendell Minnick in Defense News. The news has been confirmed by the official Xinhua News Agency. The ASBM has been dubbed the aircraft “carrier killer”Read More →
Zhang Lijia via Flickr Should we bother you with China and our speakers’ bureau in the sweltering heat of the summer, we were thinking at the global offices of the China Speakers Bureau. Well, here in Europe temperature dropped this week actually dramatically, so we decided toRead More →
by ASKYZ via Flickr China’s military industry is pushing its fighter jet JF-17/FC-1 on a global market, and apparently so successful its Russian competitor is trying to block it, writes Wendell Minnick this week in Defense News.The director general Pogosyanof the Russian Aircraft Corp. (RAC) MiG has been trying to stopRead More →