Global Shifts: US-Philippines Military Alliance, China’s AI and 6G Advances, and the Rising Economic Power of Chinese Seaports
Rebuffing Beijing, US, and Philippines Vow to Operate in South China Sea The US regularly patrols the skies with its surveillance aircraft and bombers and conducts aerial and maritime exercises with its regional allies, arguing it operates by international law. The half-billion dollars will also help deter "unwanted and unlawful aggression by building a credible deterrent posture," according to Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro. The crash of an Air Force CV-22 Osprey last year off Japan that killed eight Airmen was caused by a "catastrophic failure" in one aircraft's gearboxes that led to an "unrecoverable" loss of control just as the crew was about to conduct an emergency landing, a service investigation released Aug.… Boeing's board of directors has named Robert "Kelly" Ortberg, the new chief executive officer of the embattled aerospace giant, the company announced July 31. The two contractors picked for the Collaborative Co...