Tag: South China Sea

F35C, a 5th-gen jet, does first mission at South China Sea

Posted on by india defence | 6699 Views | 4 min read

On September 10, the US Navy announced it was the first time that a carrier strike group was operating in the South China Sea with the advanced capabilities of the F-35C Lightning II and Navy CMV-22B Osprey tilt rotor helicopter.

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China’s new maritime law a challenge for Quad

Posted on by india defence | 5564 Views | 5 min read

Can China enforce its new maritime law. Pacific powers like US and Japan are unlikely to comply. And, that leads to the more critical question of how will Beijing intend to respond to such alleged violations of the already controversial law it has passed

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Biden: Will hold China accountable, matches Trump’s policy

Posted on by india defence | 5233 Views | 3 min read

The US is clear that in order to deal with these things in the future, we are going to hold China accountable to follow the rules whether it relates to the South China Sea or the North China Sea, or their agreement made on Taiwan, or a whole range of other things.

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Vietnam is a ‘pillar’ of India’s Act East Policy

Posted on by india defence | 8285 Views | 6 min read

The Indian ‘Act East Policy’ ( earlier know as the Look East Policy), entails long-term strategic engagement with countries that are located east of itself, these include Japan, South Korea, the ten -country ASEAN as a block and also bilaterally with each of them.

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Lockheed Martin shows the ‘Romeo’ in India colours

Posted on by india defence | 6867 Views | 2 min read

The US headquartered company’s India office, tweeted an image of the helicopter painted with round logo depicting Indian colours. It was done to mark ‘Navy day’ observed by the Indian Navy on December 4.

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India sheds ‘Quad’-reluctance; has logistics pact with all members

Posted on by india defence | 9314 Views | 6 min read

From a reluctant player in the ‘Quad’, or the Quadrilateral, India is now shedding its ambivalence, to openly work towards making the alliance stronger and a seamlessly effective entity in the Indo-Pacific.

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Australia rejects Beijing’s claims in South China Sea

Posted on by india defence | 7846 Views | 4 min read

Australia, a significant ally of India, US and Japan, has shed its ‘reticence’ on the South China Sea and ‘rejected’ China’s expansive maritime claims while terming these ‘inconsistent’ with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

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Indo-Pacific will continue to see infusion of tech & military platforms

Posted on by india defence | 6360 Views | 6 min read

“The Indo-Pacific region will continue to lead by most macroeconomic indicators, such as trade flows, net investment flows, and real GDP growth.

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