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New weapons to Taiwan: 'Overdue correction' or poorly timed move?

There is a right way and a dumb way to show US support for the island. China's moves since the announcement indicates which is which.
China has announced new sanctions on 20 United States defence companies after Washington approved a major arms sale to Taiwan ...
The country’s production of nuclear warheads has slowed, but its missiles may be poised to strike back fast in case of an ...
Whatever the specific weapon that was tested was called, it undoubtedly erodes US nuclear superiority by enhancing China’s second-strike capability. On September 29, China’s People’s Liberation Army ...
Viral images of a Chinese cargo ship with missile launchers raise global concern over China arming civilian vessels.
For China’s People’s Liberation Army, massive parades like the recent celebration of the 80th anniversary of victory in World War II are more than propaganda set pieces. Military leaders use them to ...
President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017. By David E. Sanger and William J. Broad David ...
China has undertaken a massive expansion of sites linked to missile production since 2020, bolstering its ability to potentially deter the US military and assert its dominance in the region, a new CNN ...
The Trump administration has approved the largest single package of weapons sales to Taiwan in U.S. history. Many of the systems mirror those the U.S. has supplied to Ukraine. The move is part of a ...
In the opening hours of a US-China war, the DF-17 would crater runways at bases like Kadena in Japan or Andersen in Guam, crippling American airpower in the Indo-Pacific. Quietly and without much ...
Last week, Trump announced on social media that he had ordered the Department of Defense to immediately begin testing nuclear weapons, as Russia and China—the key nuclear rivals of the U.S.—have ...