Japan’s technological sophistication aligns with India’s growing blue-water reach and central geographic position. Together, they can act as a counterweight to the Chinese navy.
While it cannot match the Indian Navy’s strength, the Pakistan Navy’s focus on asymmetric capabilities & growing synergy with the PLAN pose a significant challenge for New Delhi.
Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi's comments come just a day before Pakistan is set to host SCO summit. He also noted that China had the 'largest navy in terms of numbers'.
A Y-9 cargo plane variant fitted with intelligence-gathering equipment most likely monitored and collected intelligence on the exercise, China’s state-backed reported.
In the video, released by the US Navy, a Chinese warship can clearly be seen sailing across the path of the Chung-Hoon in calm waters. The Chung-Hoon does not change course.
China's military rebuked the US and Canada for 'deliberately provoking risk' after the countries' navies staged a rare joint sailing through the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
In this latest incursion, the jets briefly crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial buffer. Taiwan sent combat aircraft to warn away the Chinese planes.
China has made a larger point about the power shift in Indian Ocean region by docking the missile and satellite tracking ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota Port.
UCBs accounted for 1.8% of total industry credit in September 2025—down from 2.2% five yrs ago—showing that they are losing ground to faster PSU banks.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
Why are you giving a platform to a British NATO stooge? They want nothing more than to turn Asia into another warzone.