Christopher Woody

After evacuating thousands of Thais from Israel in 2023, the Thai military is thinking more about how it could get citizens out of other hotspots.

China's air force is ditching its scripted exercises, and the US Air Force is telling its partners to come ready to do high-end training.

China's method of "using the enemy to train the troops" has obvious risks, but Beijing also sees benefits in getting up close with US forces.

With Russia's Yasen-class subs patrolling the Atlantic and Pacific, the US would face a "dual-flank challenge," a Navy admiral said earlier this year.

The US Air Force has a plan to spread out to new bases to avoid incoming attacks. Now it's working hard to make them a "meaningful" option.

In a war with China over Taiwan, "the first target that we're going to have to deal with is the ships," a US Air Force general said earlier this year.

Russian and Chinese pilots "feel pretty confident they can compete in this arena," US Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly said in September.

In the near-term, China is focused on keeping the US military away from its shores, and it doesn't need a jet as good as the F-35 to do that.

"We need more ships. We need more repair yards," Rep. Mike Gallagher told Insider. "It's all hands on deck within the free world right now."