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Sentry The United States Coast Guard will station its new Arctic Security Cutters (ASC) closer to where the next-generation medium icebreakers will operate. Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions will deliver the first two ASCs by 2028 and their homeport will be in Alaska — the first time the Coast Guard will base its Arctic vessels in …

Maria T. Reyes The Philippines is adopting a more networked and distributed maritime defense strategy under the nation’s Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC) and in conjunction with its longtime ally, the United States. Transitioning from fixed coastal defenses and linear operations, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is embracing an interconnected “kill web”...

Peter Parson The Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) project, an initiative under the AUKUS partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, is emerging as a centerpiece of a more distributed and multilateral approach to space security in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. As nations seek to strengthen space domain awareness (SDA) amid …

Dear Readers, This edition of Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM highlights the complex interplay of traditional and nontraditional security issues that increasingly require collaboration among regional and global Allies and Partners to maintain peace and stability. Military and security forces must develop integrated strategies that embrace economic, environmental and geopolitical comp...

A New Zealand Soldier fires during an assault drill at exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 in Australia.