Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update – Discussing geopolitical and military activity in the Pacific
A new US-led Pacific “kill web” linking Japan, South Korea and the Philippines signals how rapidly the Indo-Pacific is militarising.

A new US-led Pacific “kill web” linking Japan, South Korea and the Philippines signals how rapidly the Indo-Pacific is militarising.

The Pacific is entering a far more dangerous era. Japan is deploying missiles into the Philippines, Canada is rearming, and New Zealand is deepening military integration with Australia while China escalates pressure in the South China Sea.

The Pacific is quietly becoming one of the most militarised regions on earth. Ben Morgan tracks the moves, the risks and the fault lines.

Malaysia buys Norwegian missiles, Japan hardens defence policy, India expands influence and Melanesia faces corruption risks in a shifting Pacific.