China has transformed into a shipbuilding powerhouse over the past two decades, cementing its status as a major maritime power. In 2023, more than half of the world’s commercial shipbuilding came from China, while the U.S. accounted for less than 1%. WSJ takes a look at the strategies that led to this growth and examines […]
China’s Rocket Force arsenal is regarded as the crown jewel of the People’s Liberation Army. In recent years, the secretive Chinese military unit has test-launched more ballistic missiles than the rest of the world combined. All American bases in the Asia-Pacific, including Guam, are within range of precision missiles from the Chinese mainland. WSJ looks […]
Ukraine’s military has liberated less than 0.37% of the territory that Russia occupied in June, despite breaches of Russian defenses near Robotyne. The counteroffensive up to this point has been disappointing for Kyiv and the West. Retired Brigadier Gen. Mark Kimmitt and WSJ Ukraine correspondent James Marson explain Ukraine’s evolving counteroffensive military strategy and what […]
Despite Ukraine receiving thousands of Western weapons, at least two-thirds of Kyiv’s arsenal is Soviet-era, like the BM-21 Grad rocket launcher. The Grad is falling apart and has no precision, but it can launch forty unguided rockets in twenty seconds, covering an area almost as large as ten football fields. With their rocket supply running […]
Finland became the 31st member of NATO in a historic expansion of the military alliance in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The addition of the country is vastly important as it more than doubles the length of the border between the western alliance and Russia. WSJ’s Sune Engel Rasmussen explains what the Nordic nation’s […]