by | Sep 21, 2022 | Security
CANBERRA, Australia — A military exercise in Fiji involving the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand ends this week as the traditional allies counter China’s growing influence in the region. The 11-day Exercise Cartwheel in Fiji began Sept. 12 and ends...
by | Sep 21, 2022 | Security
SANTIAGO, Chile — Argentina’s government has told lawmakers that it plans to spend about $684 million to procure new fighter jets and build related infrastructure. The information, provided last week in response to questions from the Defense Committee within the...
by | Sep 21, 2022 | Security
LONDON — The British government has ordered an update of its defense and security review published last year and hopes to complete a revised plan by the end of 2022, Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced. Touted as the biggest defense review since the Cold War when...
by | Sep 21, 2022 | Security
MELBOURNE, Australia — China is expanding its submarine base on the edge of the South China Sea, with satellite photos showing it’s building two new piers. The imagery of the Yulin naval base on the southern tip of China’s Hainan Island taken by Maxar Technologies on...
by | Sep 20, 2022 | Security
LONDON — British Prime Minister Liz Truss has pledged that her government would match or exceed the amount of money spent on military aid for the Ukraine next year compared with 2022, she is expected to tell the United Nations General Assembly. Truss, making her first...
