https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/102168/67/1021686745_20:0:1986:1106_1200x675_80_0_0_03c37bb45075fba404d3558b8452172c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202010191080812327-diesel-powered-submarines-conduct-underwater-duel-in-sea-of-japan-russian-pacific-fleet-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two diesel-powered submarines of the Russian Pacific Fleet have conducted an underwater duel in the Sea of Japan as part of scheduled drills, the press service of the Pacific Fleet informed in a statement. “At the training ground, two Pacific Fleet submarines have worked out practical skills in the search, attack and counterattack of a simulated […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105600/36/1056003633_0:43:3487:2005_1200x675_80_0_0_1804f3ddbd9cca8d11eb1d2e3bec5200.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/russia/202009071080386246-russias-pacific-fleet-enhances-security-measures-over-typhoon-haishen/ VLADIVOSTOK (Sputnik) – Russia’s Pacific Fleet has boosted security measures in the Primorsky Territory in the wake of approaching Typhoon Haishen, the fleet’s spokesman, Nikolai Voskresensky said on Monday. Viktor Chulkov, a spokesman for the local branch of the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia, told Sputnik that Typhoon Haishen, raging across northeast Asia, is approaching Russia’s Primorsky Territory faster than […]
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Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Japan to the United States on 15 August 1945 as Soviet armies invaded his puppet state in Manchuria. After the Second World War ended, the US hunted down a broadcaster who had betrayed her country. Between 1941 and 1945 a succession of honey-voiced women broadcast in English on Radio Tokyo, serenading the American soldiers who were pushing the Imperial Japanese […]
The head of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said last week his top priority is establishing an Aegis Ashore system on Guam by 2026. New air defenses will help protect U.S. citizens and forces in Guam; but as Japan’s government found, Aegis Ashore may not be the best option to protect military and civilian targets from growing and improving Chinese and North Korean missile threats. Guam is pivotal […]
In late June, a Chinese government think tank warned of a possible military conflict due to the US military’s “unprecedented” deployment to the Asia-Pacific region. War Zone has reported about “substantial improvements” to the secretive US military base on Wake Island, described by the news outlet as “America’s remote outpost deep in the Pacific”. “The major expansions to the [Wake Island] airfield began early this year […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106299/69/1062996915_0:170:3037:1878_1200x675_80_0_0_05a52b7acbbf3d2337415cd14a0d03e7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202006271079736510-russian-tu-142mk-aircraft-escorted-by-us-and-norwegian-fighters-over-arctic-and-pacific-oceans/ Three of the Russian bombers were performing a scheduled mission over the Barents and Norwegian Seas, while another four planes flew over the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Defence Ministry said, stressing that the flights were conducted in strict compliance with international regulations. Russian anti-submarine Tu-142MK aircraft have conducted flights over the Barents and Norwegian seas, as well as over […]
Following news that US President Donald Trump intends to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien suggested they might be headed for the Pacific instead. On June 15, Trump announced his intent to slash US troops garrisoned in Germany by nearly 10,000 until the Central European nation pays its “delinquent” NATO support bill. Each NATO nation is expected, but not […]
Having nerves of steel is an essential attribute for any confidence trickster, and Inigo Philbrick, 33, described as the art world’s Bernie Madoff for an alleged $20m fraud, certainly had those. Philbrick, who was arrested last week while strolling through the locked-down streets of the South Pacific island of Vanuatu, wearing just swimming trunks and a t-shirt, had made no attempt to hide his identity and […]
Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) fighters, US Navy E/A-18G Growlers and two US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers linked up over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday to conduct a number of training missions and demonstrate their joint readiness in the Indo-Pacific region. Pacific Air Forces detailed in a June 17 news release that US and Japanese service members were able to conduct a number of […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107957/96/1079579645_0:26:3396:1936_1200x675_80_0_0_957730b335a14dad24e8bcfda3b30d3b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202006101079579724-us-carriers-reagan-nimitz-sail-into-pacific-after-monthslong-absence-of-american-warships/ The US Navy has come roaring back from the COVID-19 lockdowns of months past, now having three aircraft carriers underway in the Pacific Ocean. On Monday, two carrier strike groups put to sea in the Pacific: the USS Nimitz departed from San Diego, California, and the USS Ronald Reagan set sail from Yokosuka, Japan. The Reagan had been in […]
Cryptocurrency-related investment scams targeting Pacific communities are on the increase, New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and Commerce Commission have warned. Concerns over various crypto-related frauds alongside coronavirus-related scams have now prompted the two regulators to launch an awareness campaign aimed to stop communities falling foul of the criminal schemes. According to the FMA, there has been a “steady increase in complaints” relating to a variety […]