「First Island Chain」的搜尋結果
11/2(一)

John J. Tkacik On Taiwan: “First Island Chain” means “Taiwa…
The news from General Christopher C. LaNeve, Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army, last month was a low-key 46 pages, but one sentence was arresting: the US Army will “organize, train, and equip against the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) — the ‘pacing threat’ — with the same institutional focus that t

10/30(五)
China and US expand military drone flights near Japan and t…
China and America have escalated uncrewed aircraft deployments across sensitive Indo-Pacific waters, with mainland drones patrolling strategic passages near Japan while a US Marine detachment operates near disputed South China Sea islands. In recent days, Japan has detected an uptick in Chinese military aircraft operations in important waters that enable Beijing’s naval forces to transit beyond the first island chain. The activity coincided with large-scale joint military exercises between Tokyo...
#US-China relations#China-Japan relations#China-Philippines relations#Drones#China's military weapons#China’s military

Warship activity signals Beijing ambitions: analysts
Recent Chinese naval activity beyond the First Island Chain reflects the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) ability to conduct coordinated operations across the western Pacific and signals Beijing’s strategic ambitions, analysts said yesterday.The assessment follows reports of Chinese naval mo

10/29(四)

Hegseth pledges stronger military framework with Philippine…
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth announced additional military cooperation funding for the Philippines and agreed with Manila on efforts for enhanced interoperability between their forces on Wednesday, as Washington sought to strengthen its defence posture along the first island chain. The Pentagon disclosed neither the size of the funding increase nor a timetable for the coordination initiative following Hegseth’s meeting with Philippine Defence Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jnr in Cebu on the...

10/25(日)
China’s Liaoning carrier and USS Theodore Roosevelt converg…
China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier strike group sailed beyond the first island chain last week to reach the southernmost waters of the Philippines, suggesting an intent to position itself closer to ongoing US-Japan joint exercises. Philippine news channel BNC reported that the carrier group reached about 25 nautical miles (46km) east-southeast of Balut Island, the southernmost point of the Philippines, before sailing northeast on Friday. That positioned the warships past the first island chain, a...
#China’s military drills#Liaoning aircraft carrier#United States#The Philippines#Canada#Japan

10/22(四)
US Army details First Island Chain preparations
The US Army would improve its warfighting infrastructure in the Pacific with its forward-deployed “inside forces” ready to act immediately on day one of a conflict in the First Island Chain, which includes Taiwan, it said in a report released this month.How the Army Fights, an operational warfare gu

自由時報偏綠《TAIPEI TIMES》 US Army details First Island Chain preparati…
By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNAThe US Army would improve its warfighting infrastructure in the Pacific with its forward-deployed “inside forces” ready to act immediately on day one of a conflict in the First Island Chain, which includes Taiwan, it said in a report released this month.

10/20(二)
10/4(日)
Resilience comes from redundancy
The First Island Chain is one of the most powerful geopolitical features in the Indo-Pacific region. It is also an incomplete one. Drawn as a strategic line stretching from Japan through Taiwan toward the Philippines, it highlights military geography while largely overlooking the islands, ports and

