China has successfully completed its first orbital-class rocket booster recovery, marking the country’s biggest breakthrough in reusable rocket technology. The Long March 10B rocket safely returned its first-stage booster to an offshore recovery platform, making China one of the few nations capable of recovering an orbital-class reusable rocket. The achievement strengthens China’s commercial space ambitions,…
China launched a nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile from a ballistic missile submarine into the South Pacific on Monday, prompting strong reactions from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and other regional powers. The missile involved a dummy warhead and landed within a designated target zone in the Pacific Ocean. While Beijing maintains the exercise was a routine…
China-Taiwan tensions have intensified after Beijing introduced a new maritime strategy aimed at expanding its administrative control beyond the Taiwan Strait to waters east of Taiwan. The policy, described by Chinese state media as “near-shore governance,” relies on coast guard and civilian law-enforcement operations instead of traditional military exercises to strengthen China’s territorial claims. The…
A comprehensive new analysis from the Lowy Institute has revealed that China possesses a “real and growing” capability to launch direct missile strikes against the Australian mainland, marking a historic shift in the nation’s security landscape. The report underscores that while Beijing’s focus has traditionally remained closer to its own borders, the scale of the People’s…
