Category : Defence
Author: Reuters

Taiwan accused China of exaggeration on Tuesday (local time) after the Chinese military published footage of the strategically located Penghu islands, where there is a major Taiwanese air base, saying it was not true Chinese forces had come near the islands.

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Author: Reuters

Satellite pictures released on Thursday (local time) showed devastation at a Russian air base in Crimea, hit in an attack that suggested Kyiv may have obtained new long-range strike capability with potential to change the course of the war.

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Author: Reuters

Washington has not changed its assessment on China's timeline for potentially taking Taiwan militarily, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday, sticking by previous statements that Beijing would not try to take it in the next two years.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/08/china-won-t-try-to-retake-taiwan-militarily-in-next-two-years-us-officials-say.html
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Author: Reuters

China, which Russia has sought as an ally since being cold-shouldered by the West over its invasion of Ukraine, has called the United States the "main instigator" of the crisis.

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Author: Torika Tokalau

Defence Minister Peeni Henare says he didn’t feel threatened when a Japanese military member was stabbed beside him at a commemoration service for the Guadalcanal battle.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300656521/defence-minister-speaks-out-after-stabbing-at-guadalcanal-battle-commemoration
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Author: Reuters

China launched unprecedented live-fire military drills in six areas that ring Taiwan on Thursday, a day after a visit by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled island that Beijing regards as its sovereign territory.

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China deployed scores of planes and fired live missiles near Taiwan on Thursday (local time) in its biggest drills in the Taiwan Strait, a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a solidarity trip to the self-ruled island.

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