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China’s Massive New Maritime Patrol Ship Looks Like A Cruise Ship Inside
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Oct 26, 2021
Why Multi-Billion Dollar Nuclear Submarines Still Run Into Things Underwater
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Oct 11, 2021
Japanese Fighters Intercept Three Chinese Drones In As Many Days
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 26, 2021
British And Chinese Aircraft Carriers Both Underway In The Tense South China Sea (Updated)
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jul 30, 2021
Global Concerns And Questions Grow As China Admits Fuel Rods At Nuclear Plant Are Damaged
By Brett Tingley / Updated Jun 17, 2021
16 Chinese Airlifters Made A Run Over The South China Sea At Malaysian Airspace
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Jun 1, 2021
U.S. And Chinese Carrier Groups Mass In The South China Sea
By Adam Kehoe / Updated Apr 10, 2021
Chinese Aerial Armada With Bombers, Fighters, And More Filled Airspace Near Taiwan
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Mar 26, 2021
Two U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers Just Teamed Up In The South China Sea
By Thomas Newdick / Updated Feb 9, 2021
Indonesian Fisherman Caught What Appears To Be A Chinese Underwater Drone
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 30, 2020
Chinese Long-Range Ballistic Missiles Struck Moving Ship In South China Sea: Report
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Nov 16, 2020
How The CIA’s Adrift Maritime Branch Lost Four Men On A Doomed Spy Mission Against China
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 19, 2020
Image Shows Chinese Submarine Entering Mysterious Cave Facility At South China Sea Base
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 19, 2020
Video Of Chinese Fighters Over South China Sea Gives Insight Into Long-Range Missions
By Jamie Hunter / Updated Aug 3, 2020
Secretive U.S. Task Force Has Been Criss-Crossing Asian Skies
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jul 3, 2020
China’s New Surveillance Blimp In The South China Sea Is Likely Just The Beginning
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Dec 2, 2019
South China Sea Underwater “Environmental” Sensor Net Could Track U.S. Subs
By Joseph Trevithick / Updated Jun 29, 2019
US Destroyer Just Made A Near Pass On One Of Beijing’s South China Sea Outposts
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 24, 2017
Japan to Sail Carrier Into South China Sea In Massive Show of Force
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 13, 2017
Vietnam Eyes Israel’s Delilah Standoff Missile, and F-16s Could Be Next
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Mar 10, 2017
China’s Carrier Ties Up At Specially-Built Giant Dock In S. China Sea
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jan 5, 2017
China Gives Drone Back—But Why Did They Grab It In The First Place?
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 20, 2016
China May Have Began Arming Its Man-Made Islands in the South China Sea
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Dec 14, 2016
China and Russia Are Executing Island-Seizing Drills in the South China Sea
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Sep 15, 2016
South China Sea Images Show Potential For Escalating Chinese Airpower
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Aug 9, 2016
China Rolls Out Massive New Amphibious Flying Boat
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jul 26, 2016
EA-18G Growlers Appear In The Philippines As China Shadows US Carrier Group Nearby
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated Jun 16, 2016
China Will Send Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines Into The Pacific: Report
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 28, 2016
US Lifts Ban On Arms Sales To Vietnam Amid Turmoil In The South China Sea
By Tyler Rogoway / Updated May 23, 2016