India launches first chip assembly plant, targets supply chain resilience

US to expand missile deployments in Philippines despite Chinese objections

Neither Washington nor Manila identified the coming missile systems, but advanced US systems have appeared in the archipelago in the past 2 years.

China 'massively expanded' nuclear arsenal: Washington

Washington urged Beijing to join any future arms control pact as New START’s February 5 expiration left the United States and Russia without a treaty limiting nuclear weapons.