World Military Analysis
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Cooperation with NATO may lead India to public opinion backlash, greater losses of strategic autonomy
For NATO desiring to extend its tentacles into the Asia-Pacific region and India eager to obtain a bigger say in regional affairs, an increased interaction may be a relatively reasonable stopgap for both. But if such cooperation goes further, New Delhi will have to encounter severe backlash from its people and face greater losses of diplomatic and strategic autonomy.
2023-01-27 22:06 -
Japan drifts farther away from peace by developing super Aegis warship
Japan has several reasons for piling all these advanced weapon systems on the super destroyer – this will help it acquire the aggressive capabilities of attacking the military bases and commanding units of other countries, something it has dreamed of for a long time, and will also significantly augment the capability of its maritime, land and air platforms to carry out strikes in coordination.
2023-01-19 23:31 -
Europe will only suffer from deeper bond with NATO
Europe has been pushed to the front line of confrontation with Russia while the US is watching the show at a safe distance. The US passed on the cost of confrontation with Russia to Europe, which is to pass on the risks and contradictions to Europe. Under such circumstances, Europe should really evaluate the decision of signing a joint declaration of cooperation with NATO and further concentrate European defense dominance in the hands of the US based on its own real interests.
2023-01-18 17:41 -
Japan-India joint air exercise intensifies regional instability
Against the backdrop of the China-India tension in recent years, Japan has a mind to cozy up to India that also sees China as a rival. In addition to hyping up the “China threat theory”, now it has put forth the so-called “regional threat theory” and turned its back on the four political documents and the four-principle consensus reached with China, said Lyu Yaodong.
2023-01-17 21:08 -
US to establish first-ever surface drone fleet for major power competition
However, the US can no longer form a monopoly on information technology. Many countries including some major countries in Asia and some developed European countries are vigorously developing AI and unmanned combat platforms.
2023-01-16 17:55 -
EU should be wary of being dragged into ditch by NATO
NATO and the EU signed a joint declaration on cooperation on January 10, saying that China's growing assertiveness and policies presented challenges that they need to address. For the EU, which seeks security and development, strengthening its ties with NATO is only a fruitless approach that may drag itself into the vortex of more conflicts and confrontation.
2023-01-12 18:32 -
Gigantic arms orders, achievement for US but affliction for Europe
If Europe wants to enjoy true security, it should work on a balanced, effective and sustainable regional security architecture rather than join the confrontational bloc pulled together by the US to achieve its own selfish goals.
2023-01-12 17:02 -
US warmongering knows no bounds
The top US Marine Corps general in Japan has said that the US is "setting the theater" in the Asia-Pacific region the same way it did in Ukraine after 2014. Putting that military-speak into ordinary words: the United States is preparing to initiate a future conflict in the region in the same way it did in Ukraine following the US-backed ousting of former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych.
2023-01-12 11:03 -
Intensified defense in Guam takes US to strategic dead end
The US DoD's recent revelation of a so-called defense plan for Guam that comprises the Standard Missile (SM), Patriot, and Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile systems to enhance Guam's anti-missile capability has captured extensive attention in the international community.
2023-01-11 17:32 -
Fumio Kishida's visit to G7 countries aims at strengthening US-Japan alliance to contain China
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida departed from Tokyo Haneda Airport by special plane to visit five member countries of the Group of Seven (G7) including France, Italy, the UK, Canada, and the US, on January 9, local time. In response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and China's movement, one of the main contents of Kishida's visit is to strengthen security cooperation with other G7 members, especially with the US.
2023-01-11 17:50 -
Deepened US-Japan alliance a risky sign for peace
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will meet with US President Joe Biden in Washington DC on January 13. This will be Kishida's first official trip to the US since he took office. Kishida said his meeting with Biden will be "very important" and "more significant than showing my face as G7 president," and "will show to the rest of the world an even stronger Japan-US alliance, which is a lynchpin of Japanese security and diplomacy."
2023-01-11 09:21 -
China-Pakistan joint drills strengthen ties, enhance interoperability between the two navies: Pakistani naval chief
Acquisition of the Type 054A/Ps is a symbol of enduring friendship and historical affinity between China and Pakistan. The Type 054A/P is one of the latest multi-role frigates of Chinese origin equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors that include CM-302 SSM and LY-80 SAMs as well as the advanced anti-submarine warfare suite and combat management system. These ships are equipped to operate under multi-threat scenarios.
2023-01-11 09:15 -
Tokyo needs to strategically sober up as soon as possible
To make Tokyo become strategically sober as soon as possible is a serious problem that both the Japanese society and the Asia-Pacific region need to face and find ways to solve. The current political ecology, public opinion and social thinking in Japan are all showing disturbing signs. If these signs are not extinguished as soon as possible, there is a high risk that a fire will break out, and even Washington will not be able to stay out of it.
2023-01-11 09:23 -
Intriguing, America's denial of nuclear sharing
The American side's denial of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's recent statement that the two countries are discussing the possibility of conducting nuclear exercises and seeking to share America's nuclear weapons reflected an intriguing shift of attitude.
2023-01-10 19:17 -
Japan's tying to US chariot aims to ease restrictions
Now Japan is tying itself tightly to the US chariot, constantly seeking offensive capabilities and trying to break through the constraints of the pacifist Constitution, which will pose a major threat to world peace.
2023-01-10 10:29 -
Sub deal burdens Australia, profits Washington
That would kill two birds with one stone for the US. As Australia's former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said, without the ability to maintain or sustain a naval nuclear propulsion system, the submarines cannot be operated without US supervision, which essentially means they will be under US control.
2023-01-10 15:22 -
Japan's militarization plans brew troubles
According to a US Naval News website report on Tuesday, as well as two large warships dedicated to ballistic missile defense that it is building to replace the canceled land-based Aegis missile defense system, Japan plans to build two new destroyers equipped with the US' Aegis missile system, increasing the number from eight to 10.
2023-01-08 18:15 -
Forecast of 2023 global weapon and equipment development
The US unilaterally established a global ballistic missile defense system in 2022. At the same time, it tore up the Treaty on Open Skies with Russia. As a result, the two sides cannot check each other's nuclear weapons and mutual distrust was increased. In addition, the US deployed B61-12 tactical nuclear weapons with relatively small yields in Europe to lower the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons.
2023-01-06 20:08 -
Pacific states entitled to claims against Japan for discharge of radioactive nuclear wastewater
Japan decided to just dump the wastewater into the ocean in order to save trouble and money, at the price of transferring nuclear contamination to the whole world, which is extremely irresponsible and selfish.Analysts said if Japan did discharge the wastewater into the Pacific Ocean as planned, the Pacific countries would have the right to claim damages.
2023-01-06 16:26 -
Trend of global and regional situations in 2023
In the past year, the United States continued to vigorously promote the so-called Indo-Pacific Strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, and was obsessed with "great power competition". The Biden administration further wooed the US allies and a few regional countries to strengthen the "coterie" against China. In 2023, the Asia-Pacific region is expected to maintain a general trend of relatively stable security, strong economic growth and strong willingness to cooperate and develop.
2023-01-06 15:31 -
Development of Japan's defense policy deserves vigilance
The Japanese government officially published three strategic documents including the NSS, NDPG and MTDP on December 16, 2022. Japan announced that defense spending will be raised to an unprecedented 43 trillion yen in the next five years, and China will be positioned as the "biggest strategic challenge." This change in Japan's defense policy and recent related measures deserves great attention and vigilancefrom the international community.
2023-01-05 18:08 -
DoD Zero Trust Strategy fuels America's double standards
What the so-called "zero trust strategy" really means is that the US will fortify its own “moat” to protect the "castle" while feeling comfortable about jeopardizing the network of other countries. It should have the capability to stop other countries from accessing American network at will while ensuring its own access to other countries’ network anytime, anyway it wants.
2023-01-04 17:18 -
Japan’s plan to enhance Yonaguni deployment under Taiwan excuse deserves vigilance
Whether Japan's plans to strengthen military deployment on Yonaguni are to protect the safety of Japanese nationals, or to provoke conflicts among major powers through the excuse of "an emergency in Taiwan," undermine regional peace and stability, and then profit from them, this deserves vigilance.
2023-01-04 16:36 -
ROK to fall prey to America's major country competition strategy
It is reported that the ROK Defense Ministry announced its defense plan for the next five years on December 28, 2022, planning to spend 331.4 trillion KRW (about 259.2 billion dollars) on building and operating its military forces from 2023 to 2027. The five-year defense plan has trimmed some specious projects and focused more on developing long-range attack, anti-missile and drone reconnaissance capabilities.
2023-01-04 15:34 -
US, NATO unable to afford another war of attrition
Overall, the situation in Kosovo may remain relatively intense for a certain period. The US, like European countries, does not want another large-scale conflict in this region as it will consume a lot of energy of the US. EU countries are also more willing to let Kosovo leave Serbia step by step, rather than stir up trouble in this region.
2023-01-03 17:03 -
Ambivalence behind ROK's Indo-Pacific Strategy
For this release, the ROK’s presidential office held a press conference, and its Foreign Ministry held a briefing for diplomats from relevant countries, and the scholars involved in drafting the report also held a seminar, all in a bid to help the outside world accurately understand the background and intention of the report.
2022-12-30 18:12 -
America's record-high defense budget under spotlight
The call for more military expenditure is primarily driven by the "unprecedented threats" from China, but stressing China as an "extreme military threat" cannot be a more wrong description of the essence of Sino-US competition, and it largely exaggerates China's current military strengths and the possibility of it taking any military action in the future.
2022-12-28 21:24 -
Russia-Ukraine conflict puts Europe's societies to the test
In 2022, the prolonged conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the series of problems brought about by the northern expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the energy crisis have all caused severe headaches across Europe.
2022-12-26 23:28 -
Russia-Ukraine conflict serves US, no one else
But 10 months into the conflict and Biden has made it clear why the crisis will continue. The US is waging a proxy war against Russia and it will not rest until it has achieved its aims.
2022-12-23 18:44 -
Japan, Britain and Italy to build sixth-generation fighter to break dependence on US
Japan's security policy is changing from "defensive" to "offensive" with the adoption of the new version of the "three national security documents", and its pace of developing offensive weapons is also accelerating. Recently, Japan made a high-profile announcement that it will jointly develop the sixth-generation fighter jet with the UK and Italy. Military commentator Du Wenlong believes that the three countries are trying to get rid of their technological dependence on the US.
2022-12-21 17:05 -
Why is EU beefing up its military capacity?
America's abrupt withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan last year and the Russia-Ukraine conflict this year have made the EU realize that America is not a reliable protector and Europe has many problems to deal with, making the establishment of its own defense forces and realization of defense independence an urgent matter.
2022-12-20 16:52 -
UK, Italy, Japan co-develop Gen-VI aircraft to stall US military penetration
The UK, Italy and Japan have some technological advantages in their joint development of new-generation fighter jet, Teng reckoned, and the curtain on the Gen-VI fighter jet competition is lifted worldwide.
2022-12-14 18:19 -
Australia-US Ministerial Consultations casts shadow on Asia-Pacific security
The US wants to make Australia a strategic support point like Japan, but Australia's strength does not allow it. Therefore, the US is very eager to strengthen its garrison and armaments in Australia. The reason is that Australia alone is not enough for the US to implement the strategy of "major power competition" in the Asia-Pacific.
2022-12-13 20:53 -
Japan's defense spending increase paves way for untying military development
Regardless of these sounding excuses, it is generally believed that the main purpose of the move is to fund the development of a diversified military force a "normal country" is entitled to, and use that as a breakthrough to break away from the pacifist constitution through military expansion.
2022-12-09 21:27 -
Recent moves by Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force show hidden ambition of military expansion
At present, the JMSDF has about 44,000 troops in total, but its total tonnage ranks fourth in the world. On November 21, the latest two Maya-class Aegis air defense destroyers of the JMSDF conducted an anti-missile interception test in the waters off Hawaii. As reported by the Kyodo News Agency, this marked that all the eight Aegis destroyers of the JMSDF have assumed anti-missile capabilities.
2022-12-08 16:24 -
Poland's decline of German air defense system reflects deeper rift
Following the Poland missile incident, Germany was ready to provide Poland with the Patriot air defense system, but the Polish defense minister later said they had requested Germany to deploy the system in Ukraine. The two countries have been constantly at odds recently.
2022-12-01 16:05 -
US-Philippines defense cooperation intensified?
America's plan to build five new military sites in the country is a sign of the warming-up of bilateral military ties, which, though likely to encounter obstacles in implementation, will nevertheless further deepen the alliance and make a major difference in the regional security situation.
2022-11-22 17:23 -
Equipping US submarines with UUVs not smart move
The deployment of immature UUV by the US Navy to the Pacific Fleet and the Asia-Pacific region will threaten the military security of other relevant countries and force them to take countermeasures, and it will also lead to security accidents due to unreliable equipment.
2022-11-11 17:44 -
US should repair military relations to build trust
The US' 2022 National Security Strategy, issued on Oct 12, identifies China as the United States' "most consequential geopolitical challenge" and "the only competitor with… the intent to reshape the international order", and prioritizes "out-competing China and constraining Russia" as its goal. Increasing anxiety and a sense of crisis have driven the US to woo its allies in the Asia-Pacific region to strengthen its alliances in order to check China's rise, which has dealt a big blow to China-US military trust.
2022-11-03 08:57 -
Europe accelerates air defense integration process
European countries have recently accelerated the process of air defense integration under the pretext of regional security threats, according to foreign media reports. While accelerating the process of European defense autonomy, the relevant situation will also have a significant impact on the geopolitical security pattern.
2022-11-01 16:32