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America and Filipino Aircraft Already Performing Joint Patrols together mere days after Philippines President Marcos Jr. Announced More Cooperation with American forces including joint patrols. Operating over northern Luzon and the West Philippine Sea. American F-15C's and C-130's along...

India's Ambassador to the Philippines stated the $375 million deal to deliver the Philippines its BrahMos Cruise Missiles in on track. Expected reception of the missiles was to be December of this year, so next month and was for three batteries worth of BrahMos antiship cruise missiles...

Philippines and Japan have agreed to hold talks pertaining to developing defense agreements in the near future. Kishida, the Prime Minister of Japan, is on an official visit to the Philippines and one of the items on the agenda is improving defense cooperation between the two countries and to...

India and the Philippines are planning to sign a memorandum of understanding to increase the maritime cooperation between the two countries. This'll include the planned implementation of standard operating procedures between the Philippines Coast Guard and the Indian Navy and enhanced maritime...

Interesting Article on the Expansion of Capabilities, Challenges and Operations of the Southeast Asian countries being threatened by Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea and balancing it with their relationship with the Beijing regime. Talks about the recent developments with the Coast...

Vietnam is expanding its possessions in the Spratley Islands through the (recently) time honored tradition of dredging and landfilling. In just the last six months alone they've expanded their holdings by 420 acres of newly 'created' land which far eclipses the 120 acres they created in the...

Taiwan reintroducing the one year long conscription, bumping it up from the four months it was reduced to. https://newbloommag.net/2022/12/27/military-conscription-one-year/

Taiwan Unveils Its New (well first theorized back in 2019) Radar-Killing Drones That Can Be Launched in Salvos Off of Trucks. The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology which was also behind the development of the indigenously developed and produced Hsiung Feng AntiShip Missile...

I thought the "meme" was about tanks not nukes?

Japan is easing its regulatory practices which will allow it to start exporting limited types of military equipment abroad. All of these intended customers are ones who have some sort of individual security guarantee with Japan and it's believed that these exports, which are desired abroad...

Bruh did you not see the post I was replying to?

Taiwan's Antiship Missiles/Torpedoes: 183 RGM/AGM-84L Harpoon Missiles 32 UGM-84L Harpoon Missiles (Submarine/Underwater) 250+ Hsiung-Feng II Anti-Ship Subsonic Missiles (All Three) ??? Hsiung-Feng III Anti-Ship Supersonic Missiles (All Three) 491 Mark 46 Lightweight Torpedoes 48 Mark 48...

You know, there's probably a small enough number of incidents to show the effectiveness of anti-ship missiles with that size warhead or smaller striking naval vessels... Aw fuck... I'll do it. November 28th 1980: Iran-Iraq War > Iranian Missile Boats launched three Harpoon missiles, sinking...

Yeah striking the ships in harbor would be more effective if it was literal surprise. Then the scrambling times would be reduced for aircraft and it'd take time for the anti-missile defenses to be brought up to par. Plus I suppose the destruction and blockage of harbor facilities, though that...

Taiwan actually is adopting a more "Porcupine" Defense Strategy it seems, as its limited defense budget (which is finally increasing as of late since they feel their moat isn't as impressive as it once was) which means they want to focus more on the asymmetric deployment of their forces instead...

Except it is a strawman. He asked for evidence that the Dong Feng is effective and you just replied ICBM's work which is a worthlessly broad statement. Oh X tank works because it's basically a modified tank. Oh Y Rocket works because it's basically a modified rocket. Oh ZMG Machine Gun works...

Yes I'm aware. That doesn't change how dumb your counterpoint is and that it's basically a strawman. But then again I've never seen a Bob Semple tank nor a Ratte in action. 🤷‍♀️

Actually the appropriate response would be to provide evidence as to their effectiveness since he alleged they are unproven, not to engage in silly Strawmen about ICBM's. (y)

Chinese Fighter Pilot caught shit talking as he's interested within Taiwanese ADIZ. https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-fighter-pilot-says-taiwan-all-ours-after-being-asked-leave-airspace-1579730 "All your base are belong to us!"

The Chinese PLAAF released a video on Weeabo Weibo, a Chinese social media website, showing Chinese H-6 Bombers taking off from a desert air base and targeting an Airbase in the Pacific that looks suspiciously like Andersen AFB on Guam...