*BEIJING : * China's military has cut the size of its land-based army by about 50 per cent. The strategic shift in the world's largest force has been designed to transform the People's Liberation Army (PLA) into a comprehensive modern force, a report said, PTI has reported. The two ...

NEW DELHI - US President Donald Trump’s top two envoys met with their Indian counterparts in Delhi on Thursday to deepen a fast-growing partnership but also to tackle thorny issues ranging from an ongoing trade spat to India’s purchase of Russian military gear. Both sides say the ...

COLOMBO - *Sri Lanka will move its southern naval command to a port leased to a state-run Chinese firm but China will not use it for military purposes, the prime minister’s office said Saturday.* Colombo’s announcement will likely raise fresh concerns in New Delhi over China’s military ...

BEIJING - China's first indigenously-built aircraft carrier today successfully completed its maiden sea trial and returned to its home port in Dalian, a major step in the country's quest to modernise its military and bolster its naval presence in the disputed South China sea and in the Indian ...

BEIJING - For a quarter century, the US and its allies owned the skies, fighting wars secure in the knowledge that no opponent could compete in the air. As tensions with Russia and China surge, that's no longer the case. Rapid technological progress in China's aerospace industry, ...

BEIJING - When the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier cruised through the South China Sea last week, one US Navy pilot encountered Chinese jamming technology interfering with his plane’s equipment, according to a report. "The mere fact that some of your equipment is not working is already ...

WASHINGTON - A top American general on Wednesday said China's Belt and Road Initiative could improve the Communist country's "military posture" while Gwadar Port has the potential increase its strategic presence in the Indian Ocean. "China is pursuing long-term, steady economic growth that ...

Beijing: China's military has been ordered to pledge absolute loyalty to President Xi Jinping while a paramilitary police force now literally sings his praises, further cementing his place as the country's most powerful leader in decades.The world's largest armed forces should be "absolutely loyal, ...

BEIJING - China's military has been developing rapidly in the past five years and is attracting global attention, which experts said is necessary to protect the country and its people."The structure of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) armament has been completed and rationalized in the past ...

China pledged more support to its military on Sunday including strengthening maritime and air defenses amid efforts to safeguard sovereignty, but in a highly unusual move did not give spending figures for 2017 despite promises of transparency.Parliament's spokeswoman Fu Ying said on Saturday ...