Pacific Militarization

The last significant contact between the two sides was outside of Stockholm last October.

South Korea issued a joint statement with the United States.

Last week, the North had declared relations with the South as fully ruptured.

Defense Minister Taro Kono told reporters that he decided to “stop the deployment process” of the Aegis Ashore system.

The SASC wants to spend nearly $7 billion over two years to launch a new military effort aimed at deterring China.

North Korea has cut communications in the past and then restored those channels when tensions eased.

Manila informed the U.S. government that the Philippines is delaying its decision to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement.

Lt. Gen. Eric Smith is involved in war games shaping a decade-long plan to reorganize the Marine Corps for future fights.

The Air Force is getting back into the habit of having B-1 bombers practice stand-off precision strikes in the Pacific.

The U.N. Command said in a statement it was investigating if there was a violation of an armistice that ended the Korean War.