American and Philippine defense secretaries unveiled a task force designed to deter Chinese coercion in the South China Sea and enhance alliance defense cooperation. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro announced “Task Force Philippines” on Friday at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Defense Ministers Meeting Plus in Kuala Lumpur,

China’s newest aircraft carrier may only be able to conduct air operations at about 60% the rate of a 50-year-old US Navy carrier, two former US carrier officers say, a substantial combat limitation for a vessel meant to revolutionize Beijing’s fleet.

The PLA's Southern Theater Command released a statement, saying it has organized combat-readiness patrols in the territorial waters and airspace of China's Huangyan Dao and surrou

Chinese media mocked the two US navy aircraft crashes in the South China Sea, which occurred juat a day after two US military officers criticized China's new Fujian aircraft carrier's capabilities

Singapore is an international maritime and shipping hub that considers maintaining open sea lines of communication paramount.

From Thursday to Friday, the Philippines, in collusion with extraterritorial countries, conducted a so-called "joint patrol" in the South China Sea, stirring up trouble and undermining regional peace and stability.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to shift the nation’s most advanced aircraft carrier to South America in his campaign against drug cartels is pulling the ship out of the Mediterranean Sea at a time when a tenuous ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has been threatened by new strikes in Gaza.

Role Combat Vessels will be able to project naval power further, and for longer, than previous Singaporean warships.