The US Navy is plagued by shipbuilding and maintenance issues, and faces a rising China that is rapidly modernizing its naval ...

Taiwan is determined to defend itself and protect its free way of life, the island's defence minister said on Thursday discussing next month's annual exercises, as China's military vowed to boost ...

Earlier on Thursday, the defence ministry reported that China had held another "joint combat readiness patrol" involving warships and 21 military aircraft around Taiwan, including Su-30 fighters.

The Chinese military's Southern Theatre Command said its naval and air forces have carried out a combat readiness patrol around the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on Thursday.