Search

Station HYPO

Celebrating the Past, Present and Future of Navy Cryptology

Tag

taiwan

China Launches Blockade Drills Around Taiwan in Protest of U.S. Arms Sales

By Dzirhan Mahadzir
December 29, 2025 12:19 PM

Chinese military units kicked off a massive series of drills surrounding Taiwan that simulate a blockade of the island in protest of U.S. arms sales to Taipei.

Continue reading “China Launches Blockade Drills Around Taiwan in Protest of U.S. Arms Sales”

Exclusive: China Massing Military Ships Across Region In Show Of Maritime Force, Sources Say

China is deploying a large number of naval and coast guard vessels across East Asian waters, at one point more than 100, in the largest maritime show of force to date, according to four sources and intelligence reports reviewed by Reuters.

Continue reading “Exclusive: China Massing Military Ships Across Region In Show Of Maritime Force, Sources Say”

China, Evoking World War II, Urges Europe to Take Its Side Against Japan

A diplomatic row with Japan over Taiwan has China turning to Britain and France for support, appealing to their shared history as wartime allies.

China’s diplomatic full-court press against Japan over its support for Taiwan has targeted President Trump, the United Nations and, now, two of Tokyo’s closest European partners.

Continue reading “China, Evoking World War II, Urges Europe to Take Its Side Against Japan”

China’s Shadow Navy Trains To Take Taiwan

China is mobilizing an armada of civilian ships that could help in an invasion of Taiwan – a mission that could surpass the Second World War’s Normandy landings.

Reuters used ship tracking data and satellite images to monitor the role civilian vessels played in Chinese maritime exercises this summer. The drills revealed that China is devising concrete invasion plans, naval warfare experts say, and rehearsing new techniques aimed at speeding up beach landings of troops and equipment in a bid to overwhelm Taiwan’s defenders.

Continue reading “China’s Shadow Navy Trains To Take Taiwan”

China Preparing Its Population For War With U.S.

The Chinese Communist Party and its military forces are preparing the entire country for a future war with the United States over Taiwan, the hot spots in the South China Sea or disputed territory near Japan, according to a new report by a congressional China commission.

Continue reading “China Preparing Its Population For War With U.S.”

China’s new aircraft supercarrier challenges U.S. dominance in Pacific

The Fujian and its strike group represent a strategic game changer that will bring Beijing closer to its goal of eroding U.S. maritime primacy in its backyard.

China’s efforts to blunt American maritime power in the Pacific, a region the United States has long considered its domain, received a major boost this month with the official launch of its third — and most advanced by far — aircraft carrier, the Fujian.

Continue reading “China’s new aircraft supercarrier challenges U.S. dominance in Pacific”

Website Powered by WordPress.com.

Up ↑