Tokyo bets on lighter frigates, plans to double E. China Sea naval build-up – reports

Japan will reportedly step up its naval buildup and shift construction efforts to lighter military frigates to modernize its East China Sea force as territorial tensions with China escalates over the disputed islands in the region. Tokyo intends to double its warship construction plan and build two smaller 3,000-ton class patrol ships a year instead […]

Beijing warns Washington against naval patrols in disputed S. China Sea

Beijing has warned Washington against actions which would challenge China’s “sovereignty and security,” following reports that the US is planning naval patrols in the disputed South China Sea. Speaking at a news briefing on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that tensions in the waters have stabilized, due to the hard work of […]

US Naval think tank: The US needs more submarines and smaller aircraft carriers

US Navy Photo The Pentagon and the U.S. Navy must increase submarines, strengthen the surface fleet size and build new smaller, more agile carrier-type ships — as as part of a broader effort to rethink the way it constructs the American fleet for future conflicts and operations, the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment (CSBA) […]

World War 3 News: China Talks Nuclear Weapons Expansion, Flexes Naval Muscle Near Taiwan

Several reports leading into the new year have shown China becoming more militarily assertive in the Pacific, not to mention a bit more confrontational toward the United States regarding diplomatic, military, and economic relations — all cause for some to fear the advent of a possible nuclear confrontation and/or World War 3. What with the […]