Japan

The Japanese government has reportedly asked the United States Marine Corps to cease all MV-22 Osprey flights in the region, following an incident that involved an Osprey going down off the coast of Australia over the weekend. We will continue to ask the United States [to stop flying Ospreys] until we receive a solid explanation” […]

The Chinese air force confirmed Saturday that its warplanes had conducted long-range drills over the Bashi Channel and the Miyako Strait “several times” over the past week. This news broke just a day after the country’s Defense Ministry told Japan that it should “get used to” the military exercises in the area. “China’s air force […]

The photograph that served as the flagship piece of evidence for a recent History Channel documentary, “Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence,” and its theory on the fate of the famed pilot, has been discredited by a Japanese blogger. The highly circulated image purported to show what could be Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, sitting […]

After Kim Jong Un’s decision to test a new long-range ballistic missile as a “gift for the American bastards” on the 4th of July, the United States teamed up with allies South Korea and Japan to deliver a not-so subtle response.  On July 7th, two U.S. B-1B Lancer Bombers departed from Anderson Air Force Base […]

Tensions in the East are not only high on the Korean Peninsula, as India and China continue a staring contest that has manifested itself most recently as a border dispute in the Doklam area between their two nations.  U.S. military activity in the South China Sea recently could also be seen as a direct affront […]

I sat there in the cafe, drinking my too-foamy latte. The beans had been burnt, no surprise there. I added honey to override the crap taste. It was raining, as it was prone to do this time of year. The chill of the early November Autumn was working its way into the air. Just before, […]

North Korea’s decision to launch a test of their latest ballistic missile platform, which they claim can reach U.S. shores, on the eve of America’s Fourth of July celebration was not coincidental, but was rather intended as a message to the Western power, according to statements made by Kim Jong Un. In fact, Kim’s translated […]

The story of Amelia Earhart is among the most enduring of American mysteries.  The groundbreaking female aviator who vanished some 80 years ago over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe by plane has been the subject of numerous investigations and a great deal more speculation, but little is known conclusively about Earhart’s […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a direct response to North Korea’s missile launch, U.S. and South Korean soldiers fired “deep strike” precision missiles into South Korean territorial waters The exercises on Tuesday were described by U.S. military officials in Seoul.   Read the whole story from Business Insider. Featured image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

US F-16s in South Korea and Japanese F-35s are both set to get long-range missiles that are ideal for striking North Korean mobile missile launchers. The US Air Force in South Korea recently increased the range and strength of its aircraft with 10 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles, or JASSMs, that can hit Pyongyang with 2,000 pounds of explosives […]

The United States and Japan conducted a joint test of a new projectile for the Aegis Missile Defense System on Wednesday.  The interceptor failed to hit its target, though U.S. and Japanese officials were weary of calling it a failure. The SM-3 Block IIA interceptor missile is a joint project currently under development by both […]

Navy Vice Adm. Joseph P. Aucoin, commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, addressed the collision of the USS Fitzgerald with the Philippine-flagged merchant vessel ACX Crystal in the Philippine Sea on Sunday, calling the crew’s efforts in the hours following the incident “heroic.” According to Admiral Aucoin, the crew’s response “was swift and effective, and […]