As Taiwan blasts China's "highly provocative and reckless" blockade rehearsal, Trump touts his relationship with Xi Jinping and says an invasion is unlikely.

Tensions are rising across the Taiwan Strait as China launches one of its largest military exercises in recent years. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reports detecting 130 Chinese military aircraft and 14 PLA Navy warships around the island within 24 hours — along with 14 Chinese Coast Guard vessels.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) announced joint military exercises named "Justice Mission-2025", involving coordinated operations across land, sea and air.

The People’s Republic of China is launching a massive, live-fire military exercise around the island of Taiwan as tensions between the Communist government and its West-aligned neighbors escalate. People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command is conducting a training operation dubbed “Justice Mission 2025” — a joint exercise in the Taiwan Strait among the nation’s army,

China's military has increased its presence in Taiwan's skies and waters in the past few years, conducting drills on a near-daily basis near the island nation.

A former South Korean Navy captain and defense industry representative who was indicted for illegally leaking submarine design blueprints developed by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (now Hanwha Ocean) overseas without government approval has been sentenced to prison.