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Xi Jinping Military Purge Leaves Leadership Vacancies Across China’s Armed Forces

Xi Jinping, the Chinese Communist Party’s general secretary and China’s top leader, has spent the past two years removing senior officers from the People’s Liberation Army in one o...

China’s top military officials face ‘ironclad’ rules in anti-corruption fight

China’s top military command has issued strict measures to enforce discipline among senior officials of the People’s Liberation Army, marking its latest bid to further tighten cont...

Xi’s Former Defense Chiefs Accused of Derailing Taiwan Invasion Ambitions

On May 7, a Chinese military court announced suspended death sentences for former Chinese Defense Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu, a development widely viewed as one of the har...

China’s Military Modernization Under Pressure as US Superiority Exposes Flaws

As US forces demonstrate overwhelming technological advantages, China’s military system is showing signs of internal strain, marked by failed systems, leadership purges, and growin...

Navy’s Cahill nominated for SWO boss, Air Force’s Tulley for AMC

Rear Adm. Joseph Cahill is currently the commander of Naval Surface Forces Atlantic.

How China’s Leader Lost Faith in His Generals

New York Times: “The crisis threatens one of Mr. Xi’s great feats: the transformation of the Chinese military into a formidable force with new aircraft carriers, hypersonic missile...

Leaders Praise Troops Who Rescued Downed Airmen in Iran

In a Pentagon press briefing, Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that he and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visited many of the warfighters involv...

How China’s Leader Lost Faith in His Generals

Xi Jinping spent 13 years building a military to rival that of the United States. But the stronger the Chinese forces grew, the less he trusted the generals he had handpicked to ru...

Retired fighter pilot taught Chinese airmen secret US tactics, feds say

After two years in China, authorities allege the retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot appeared to return home to sell a condo. FBI agents said they found fake currency and a fake p...

Two Former Chinese Defense Ministers Face Life Behind Bars in Growing Military Crackdown

The downfall of former Chinese defense ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu has fueled scrutiny of the CCP's widening military purge, with analysts pointing to deepening distrust an...

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess Nominated as Chief of Space Operations

President Donald Trump has nominated Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess to serve as the next chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force. If confirmed by the Senate, Schiess would suc...

Russian Aerospace Forces reportedly get new commander

Colonel-General Aleksandr Chaiko reportedly has been appointed commander of Russia’s Aerospace Forces. He is an unusual choice for the position, given his army background and unimp...

Xi: senior officers must ‘stay pure’ to meet Chinese military’s centenary goal

With the countdown on in earnest to the PLA’s centenary next year, President Xi Jinping has urged the corruption-battered top ranks of the military to refine their ideological puri...

China fires verbal warning shot at US over Taiwan

Any misstep over Taiwan could push the U.S. and China toward direct confrontation, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump.

Christopher Niemi Nominated as Air Force Chief Modernization Officer

Maj. Gen. Christopher Niemi has been nominated to serve as the U.S. Air Force’s first chief modernization officer as part of a reorganization of the service’s Air Force Futures dir...

Ex-USAF pilot allegedly briefed Chinese military on F-35, electronic warfare

A retired US Air Force fighter pilot accused of illegally training Chinese military aviators delivered a presentation at… The post Ex-USAF pilot allegedly briefed Chinese military...

‘Accelerating Air Force Capabilities Act’ Pushed to Prepare U.S. Fighter Fleet For War with China

The Accelerating Air Force Capabilities Act has gained growing bipartisan support in the United States Congress, and aims to extend and increase the size of the Air Force

Meet the 3-star insiders say will be Space Force’s next top leader

Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess is seen as the likely replacement for Gen. Chance Saltzman.

A Broader Military Purge? Analysts Focus on Key PLA Meeting Led by Xi Jinping

A rare high-level military meeting led by Xi Jinping is drawing scrutiny from analysts, who warn it may signal a new wave of political purges and ideological tightening within Chin...

Urgent: Chinese FM says strategic guidance of top leaders greatest political advantage for developing China-DPRK ties

PYONGYANG, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that the strategic guidance of top leaders of the two parties and countries is the greatest politic...

China readying drone fleet: MAC

Space Force plans to establish HQ staff group as surrogate Futures Command

CSO Gen. Chance Saltzman has signed a memo, obtained by Breaking Defense, initiating the creation of SF/S9 to coordinate future force planning. However, the change has yet to be ap...

US commander highlights the threat China poses

Washington DC [US], April 28 (ANI): With the USA engulfed in a war of its own making against Iran, there is valid concern that the US military's capabilities in the Indo-Pacific re...

What does Pentagon chief Hegseth’s presence in China say about Trump’s military agenda?

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rare presence in President Donald Trump’s entourage to Beijing signals a willingness on both sides to strengthen military communications to de-e...