China has become a looming presence in the US’s military hub in Australia

Thomson Reuters DARWIN (Reuters) – When the United States signed an agreement in 2011 to use Australia’s tropical port of Darwin as a base for military exercises, it was viewed as a key focus of former President Barack Obama’s strategic pivot to Asia.   But when ammunition and equipment arrives in June for war games […]

China’s Xi urges restraint during Trump call as ‘USS Carl Vinson’ heads for N. Korean waters

The Chinese president called for all sides to exercise restraint during a phone call with US leader Donald Trump on the issue of Pyongyang. It came as North Korean state media warned the US of “catastrophic consequences” of its deployment of the ‘USS Carl Vinson.’ President Xi Jinping told Trump during the call that China […]

“We all love the Tomahawk:” a brief history of US’s favorite robotic killer

The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) launches one of a barrage of Tomahawks against a target in Syria while in the Mediterranean Sea, April 7, 2017. (credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ford Williams) In the early hours of Friday morning, two US Navy guided-missile destroyers in the waters of […]