China's expanding seabed mapping exposes the Pacific's digital fault lines

A new risk is coming into sharper focus: the vulnerability to undersea cables that carry the data, money and communications on which modern economies depend.

Taiwan's new F-16V fighters to arrive by September, extending strike range

Conformal fuel tanks give the new jets at least 20% more combat radius than their predecessors have, according to observers. They even have the range to reach the Chinese capital region.