By Jesse Johnson, The Japan Times: “China reportedly began a six-day, large-scale, live-fire military drill in an area of the East China Sea “similar in size to the island of Taiwan” on Wednesday.”
RUSSIA: New Russian Naval Base in Dagestan Assumes More Menacing Dimension
By Paul Goble, Eurasia Daily Monitor: “Moscow is relocating the home base of its Caspian Flotilla from Astrakhan to a new port facility in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, an action scheduled to be completed by the end of this year.