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Hegseth's Shangri-La Speech Has a Clear Message: India Is America's Shield in the Indo-Pacific
Hegseth calls India a critical anchor of Indo-Pacific security at Shangri-La Dialogue, praising military modernisation and Javelin co-produc
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Hegseth's Shangri-La Speech Has a Clear Message: India Is America's Shield in the Indo-Pacific
Hegseth calls India a critical anchor of Indo-Pacific security at Shangri-La Dialogue, praising military modernisation and Javelin co-produc
West Philippine Sea Situation Report
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — March 5, 2026 Monitoring Data Shows Persistent Chinese Maritime Presence Philippine military monitoring over the past week indicates a continued and significant Chinese maritime presence across several key features of the West Philippine Sea. The Philippine Navy reported monitoring 34 Chinese naval and coast…
Purging the Generals: Xi Jinping’s Military Shake-Up and What It Means for Taiwan
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — February 7, 2026 (07:05 PhST) China’s senior military leadership is undergoing its most severe internal shake-up in decades. President Xi Jinping has removed or sidelined some of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) highest-ranking officers under the familiar charge of “serious violations of discipline and…
Navigating a Post-Western World: Strategic Choices for the Philippines
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — January 25, 2026 What Is Known The global system is no longer organized around a single Western center of gravity. Power is increasingly dispersed across regions and issue areas. In this environment, middle states like the Philippines face a more complex strategic landscape—one that rewards flexibility,…
Ongoing China Delusion: The West Philippine Sea in the Last 48 Hours
By Cliff PottsEditor-in-Chief, WPS News China’s Persistent Pressure at Sea Over the past 48 hours in Philippine Standard Time, the most consequential developments in the West Philippine Sea have centered on continued Chinese coercive activity against Philippine vessels operating well within Manila’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Multiple credible reports confirm that Chinese Coast Guard ships again…
OP-ED | Why WPS News Exists: To Print the News and Raise Hell
By Cliff Potts, Editor-in-Chief, WPS NewsOpinion – December 17, 2025 (Scheduled 02:30 a.m. ET) WPS News was never meant to be polite. It wasn’t built to whisper. It wasn’t founded to look the other way while a superpower strong-arms a smaller nation. This outlet exists because the Philippines deserves a voice that refuses to back down. And because sometimes the only way to defend the truth is to…
3D-Printed
3D-Printed How Additive Manufacturing Is Changing Naval Procurement, Special-Forces Missions, and Indo-Pacific Supply Chains <p style=”font-size:14px;color:#777;”>Source reference: BBC Technology (Matthew Kenyon), CEAD Delft R&D, NATO trials — independently analyzed & rewritten for SockoPower Defense Insights.</p> 🔥 Executive Summary A Dutch 3D-printing breakthrough—originally designed to…
Indonesia Keen on India Submarine-Building Capabilities, to Boost Defence Ties Through Industrial Cooperation
By A Correspondent New Delhi: India and Indonesia, on November 27, 2025, significantly upgraded their defence and strategic cooperation, with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Indonesian counterpart Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin outlining a sharper, more action-oriented partnership focused on Indo-Pacific security, defence industry collaboration, and expanded military engagements. The third…