The new runway in Ban Keun is currently used by only small jets. Neighboring nations are watching warily to see if Beijing ...

PLA Navy officer tells state media the unnamed foreign ship's 'radar stopped transmitting and its navigation lights went dark' The Chinese navy says it had a rare South China Sea encounter involving a ...

The Ban Keun base in Laos used to be used by the CIA-operated Air America during the Vietnam War, as a logistics and support hub for secret operations in the region.

After claiming interception of foreign aircraft on two separate occasions last year, China has made another major claim: a ...

China’s Build Up of Nuclear Forces with Warfighting Capabilities Threatens U.S. Defense Strategy in the Pacific China is ...

China has inaugurated a new military outpost in northwestern Laos, transforming a former CIA-operated airfield into the China-Laos Joint Support and Training Center.

The ministry said that the facilities exist to help Laos train its air force pilots. Data on the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force is sketchy, but open-source intelligence firm Janes reckons that ...

On Oct. 1, 2026, Beijing celebrated the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the beginning ...

The question of the real resource and durability of Chinese cars is becoming increasingly relevant in our country, especially ...

Satellite imagery shows eight aircraft assessed as K-8 trainers at the newly operational China–Laos airfield at Ban Keun, ...

Ban Keun poses only a limited direct threat to the South China Sea or Taiwan, but it will enhance China’s ability to place ...

The best victory is “winning without shedding a drop of blood” is an ancient Chinese proverb attributed to Sun Tzu’s ‘The Art of War,’ written nearly 2,500 years ago. In 2026, that old strategy has a ...