China's New Frigate Joins Liaoning Carrier Group in Western Pacific Deployments
China just took its military presence in the Western Pacific to the next level with the deployment of a cutting-edge frigate to join the Liaoning aircraft carrier group, a move that's got Japan's defense authorities paying close attention. The upgraded fleet was tracked 880 kilometers southwest of Okinotorishima, with fighter jets…
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PLA Navy carrier group deploys to Western Pacific
The PLA Navy announced the Liaoning carrier strike group has deployed to the Western Pacific for routine training, including tactical flights, live fire exercises, and search and rescue operations.
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*#China deploys stealth destroyers... *
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...key #Energy routes..."
"#China’s decision to send high end surface combatants toward #Iranian
...waters underscores the #PLA #Navy’s expanding operational reach well beyond the #WesternPacific."
"Trilateral naval drills near a strategic chokepoint
The upcoming exercise is expected to follow previous iterations of the #SecurityBelt #maritime drills held by #China, #Iran, and #Russia in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024...
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https://internationaldefenceanalysis.com/china-navy-commissions-two-advanced-type-052dm-destroyers/
Climate change is accelerating antibiotic resistance across the Western Pacific
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
On Saturday, January 3, 2026, my Bowser HO model of Western Pacific (WP) 583 was leading a local past the "Salmonella" fishery at the California Central Model Railroad Club (CCMRC) in the historic Agnew depot in Santa Clara, CA.
The real WP 583 was a Baldwin VO-1000, WP Class S-60. Reportedly, it was built in 1945, serial 71542. It was sold in 1973, becoming Auto-Train 624.
#trains #railroads #railroading #modelrailroading #HOscale #ccmrc #niles #baldwin #westernpacific #blh #trainspotting #santaclara
Dr Piukala said in the last 30 years, 75 per cent of new infectious diseases have come from animals
"In our region alone, zoonotic diseases claim over 2.5 million lives each year. And climate change and biodiversity losses are only intensifying these risks"
To respond properly, he said, people must embrace the truth of 'one world' & the need to act with 'one health'
#WesternPacific #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #pollution #environment #climate
On the one hand, this title sounds like literally the least we can do, on the other hand nothing we have done involving relocating people and remote Islands had ever been not evil.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1krt5r7nrliw4wsSMaGTN3?si=pIpxD2moRFaw2ViZvofnrA
#Tuvalu #ClimateChange #auspol #Australia #Pacific #WesternPacific #PacificSolution #southseaislanders
The #democratic island nation of just 17,000 people hosts American-controlled airstrips & soon-to-be-completed radar installations that the #USmilitary describes as “critical” to monitoring vast swathes of water & airspace. It is also a key piece of the Second Island Chain, a string of strategically located islets that #America is fortifying in an effort to deny #China access to the #WesternPacific.
U.S. Approves Sale of GMLRS-AW Rockets to Australia
https://defensemirror.com/news/39026/U_S__Approves_Sale_of_GMLRS_AW_Rockets_to_Australia
#GMLRSAW #USAustraliaDefense #RocketSale #MilitaryTechnology #PrecisionStrike #HIMARS #DefenseDeal #LockheedMartin #MilitaryProcurement #USStateDepartment #WesternPacific #SurfaceToSurface #GMLRS
U.S. Approves Sale of GMLRS-AW Rockets to Australia
https://defensemirror.com/news/39026/U_S__Approves_Sale_of_GMLRS_AW_Rockets_to_Australia
#GMLRSAW #USAustraliaDefense #RocketSale #MilitaryTechnology #PrecisionStrike #HIMARS #DefenseDeal #LockheedMartin #MilitaryProcurement #USStateDepartment #WesternPacific #SurfaceToSurface #GMLRS
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