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“Fix Bayonets”: The Story of Operation Shiny Bayonet, the First U.S. Air Cavalry Battle of the Vietnam War, with Vietnam Veteran Bob Martin, U.S. Army, Retired
In October 1965, Bob Martin, a 19-year-old private first class, received his baptism under fire in Operation Shiny Bayonet, the first Air Cavalry...
Philippines Eyes Bigger Military Drills With U.S., Cooperates With Vietnam in South China Sea
The Philippines and the United States hope to conduct what could be their largest military exercise in April, in a display of the...
Read moreNorth Korea Fires “Several” Cruise Missiles: Seoul Military
North Korea fired another round of cruise missiles on January 30, Seoul’s military announced, extending a week-long flurry of tests that Pyongyang has...
Read moreNorth Korea Touts New Underwater Nuclear Weapons System
Pyongyang is playing up the potency of a new underwater weapons system as dictator Kim Jong Un is dialing up the bellicose rhetoric....
Read morePakistan Conducts Airstrikes on Militant Group on Iranian Soil, Stokes Regional Tensions
On January 18, Pakistan acknowledged that it had conducted a series of airstrikes on “terrorist hideouts” in southern Iran, maintaining that its “precision”...
Read moreTaiwan’s President-elect Lai Faces Chinese Pressure, Lack of Majority in Government
On January 13, William Lai Ching-te of Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the presidential election, although with a plurality instead of the...
Read moreTaiwan Ruling Party DPP’s Lai Ching-te Wins Presidential Election
Lai Ching-te, the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), emerged victorious after the January 13 election, which China had portrayed...
Read moreTaiwan War Would Reduce Global GDP by 10 Percent: Bloomberg
A military clash between the U.S. and China over Taiwan would strike 10.2 percent off global GDP, or roughly $10 trillion, in one...
Read moreIndia and Russia Hold Talks on Bilateral Relations
On January 8, foreign-policy specialists from Russia and India, namely from the Valdai Discussion Club and India’s Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), respectively, conducted...
Read moreChina Sanctions U.S. Defense Firms; Taiwan Prepares for Upcoming Elections
On January 7, China’s Foreign Ministry declared that Beijing has sanctioned five American defense industry firms following “gravely wrong actions taken by the...
Read moreChina Cautions Asian Nations About U.S. Military Expansion
On December 28, China’s Defense Ministry urged Asia-Pacific nations to be vigilant against U.S. military deployments in the region, quoting the Pentagon’s plan...
Read moreIndian Envoy Visits Moscow, Circumventing Western Pressure
On December 27, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Kremlin, underscoring Russia’s efforts to overcome its...
Read moreWhite House Says Crackdown on Hackers Key to Combating North Korea
The administration says North Korea's weapons program depends heavily on money stolen through cryptocurrency hacks. ...
Read moreMalaysia Closes Its Ports to Israeli Ships
Malaysia will not permit Israeli-flagged ships or vessels headed for Israel to dock or load cargo at its ports, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim...
Read moreNorth Korea Launches ICBM, Denounces American “War” Moves
On Monday, December 18, the communist regime of North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with sufficient range to target anywhere in...
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