Tag: South China Sea
US military asserts Indo-Pacific presence with simultaneous high-end operations
The United States demonstrated its ability to project its military power in the Indo-Pacific on 9 February, when two US Navy (USN) carrier strike...
US Tightens China’s Belt
Published in the September/October 2020 Issue - The United States Department of Commerce (Commerce) is adding its weight to the growing US campaign against...
Remote Island Base Strategy
The strategic importance of military bases on remote islands has been brought sharply into focus over the last few years by China’s well documented...
Amphibious Sustained Reach
Large ships can, by definition, support a number of tasks. Such flexibility inherent in both amphibious and logistics platforms is being exploited by a...
China flexes Maritime Muscle to warn Taiwan and Regional Rivals
The South China Sea has witnessed growing Chinese naval presence, but the People’s Liberal Army Navy (PLA-N) parade on 12 April was of another...
Business growth through Regional Partnerships and Technology Transfer
Speaking on the eve of Defense & Security Thailand 2017, Alexis Hammer, the UK Department of International Trade Defence & Security Organisation Regional Director...
Heliopolis
Try landing vertically, rescuing a downed pilot from the ocean, delivering troops to the top of a building, or carrying an underslung howitzer without...
Big Surveillance for Small Platforms
The high performance found in naval surveillance radars equipping large surface combatant is migrating to smaller surface vessels of corvette and Offshore Patrol Vessel...
The Huntsman Still Rules the Waves
Once again tension over disputed island and territories in the South China Sea is the focus for Asia-Pacific nations to re-evaluate their maritime surveillance...
Arming the Archipelago
Traditionally devoted to internal security and relying on the United States for protection from threats, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) are undergoing...