Asia Pacific

After years of building bespoke networks to connect with individual allied and partner militaries, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is preparing to bring nearly two dozen countries into a single network in...

Biden lifts restrictions on long-range missiles It’s been 999 days since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And just before that anniversary, outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden finally authorized...

DARWIN, Australia—Japan, Australia, and the United States are strengthening their three-way defense cooperation—vowing, among other things, to consult with each other in military planning and regional crises, defense leaders from...

SecDef Austin’s last Pacific swing. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin took off this morning for his 12th and presumably final trip as U.S. defense secretary to the Asia-Pacific region.  It starts...

Trump cabinet staffs up on loyalists President-elect Donald Trump has named nearly a half dozen insiders and officials to his White House staff and cabinet well ahead of Inauguration Day,...

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii—The personal relationships soldiers are building in dozens of training exercises each year with partners throughout the Indo-Pacific are the true strength of U.S. Army Pacific, the command’s...

Trump win shakes up U.S. and its role in the world He’s back: Donald Trump secured enough Electoral College votes to emerge victorious following Tuesday’s historic American election, giving the...

North Korea tested what appears to be its farthest-flying missile yet early Thursday. Pyongyang’s state-run media and White House officials both confirmed it was an intercontinental ballistic missile launched at...

As North Korean troops train in Russia for likely deployment against Ukrainians, South Korea’s defense minister said Wednesday that Moscow might send Pyongyang dangerous missile technology that he said would...

U.S., Australian, British, and Japanese defense officials converged on Australia’s Jervis Bay this week for a weeklong experiment to test how to integrate new, developmental tech from different countries in...