China had protested what it called "close-in reconnaissance" of Chinese territory by the U.S. military in the past.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington’s defense commitments to the Philippines remain “ironclad” while criticizing Beijing’s moves in the South China Sea.

It is no secret that today's focus of the U.S. Navy is preparing for the possibility of conflict in the Pacific by 2027, and ...

The U.S. has the world's largest carrier fleet with 11 in service, while China ranks second with three and Japan has two ...

Caught off guard, the Philippines’ only available counter was to run a U.S.-donated World War II-era Navy ship, the BRP ...

A Philippine security official says China is “pushing us to the wall” with growing aggression in the disputed South China Sea ...

A contentious meeting in Manila for U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reverberated through the Biden Pentagon's plan ...

MANILA, Philippines — The USS Carl Vinson, a US Navy Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is in the South China Sea for “routine ... said the military “has been undaunted in ...

China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, have formulated “a timetable and road map” for how President Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion ... as well as military cooperation ...

MANILA, Philippines — The United States Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is currently deployed in the South China Sea as part of its routine operations amid ...

The risk of conflict in the South China ... The United States holds that nothing in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) or state practice negates the right of military ...

SEOUL, South ... the military was strengthening its surveillance and defense posture in preparation for possible additional launches and sharing information on the missile with the United States ...