Top secret US report warns American forces would be drastically outmatched by China - A senior Biden official turned ‘pale’ when he saw the classified assessment, the report says

Defense expert warns U.S. could run out of missiles in a week during Taiwan conflict as China builds military on "wartime footing" while America lags.

Mageshima is located in the narrow Osumi Strait, one of the few waterways used by the Chinese navy to gain access to the Philippine Sea and the wider Pacific Ocean. Satellite imagery reviewed by Newsweek showed that base construction on the island has continued rapidly since it began in January 2023.

A leaked Pentagon assessment says China could overwhelm US forces in a Taiwan war, destroying carriers and crippling key military systems.

Beijing's actions are "not conducive to regional peace", Japan's defence minister and US counterpart Pete Hegseth agreed during a call after Chinese aircraft locked radar on Japanese jets near Taiwan,

The US Navy has recovered two aircraft that crashed into the South China Sea in October while flying off the USS Nimitz, the service said in a statement Tuesday.

Congress passes $900B defense bill targeting China with new investment restrictions, military technology bans, and 4% pay raise for troops nationwide.

The "routine" maritime domain awareness flight was jointly conducted by the Philippine fisheries bureau and coast guard over the Spratly’s Kalayaan Island Group "as part of its legitimate mandate to protect the country’s maritime jurisdiction and the livelihood of Filipino fishermen," coast guard spokesperson Jay Tarriela wrote on X.

China hardliners and Democratic lawmakers slammed the Trump administration for its decision to allow Nvidia to ship its second-most advanced AI chip to China, citing concerns that Beijing could harness the technology to supercharge its military.

U.S. and Japan conduct joint flight drills amid rising tensions with China following provocative military activities near Japan.

The Trump administration directly criticized China for aiming its radars at and jamming Japanese military aircraft during a training exercise last week.