ical Muddle • U.S., Allies Hold Record-Setting Military Exercise in Australia in Message Aimed at China • North Korea Launches Cruise Missiles Into Yellow Sea OTHER WASHINGTON NEWS • Continued Reporting: Trump Indictment • Continued Reporting: Biden Investigation • Missouri Supreme Court Orders The GOP

ber-2006 March-2008 November-2008 April-2009 May-2009 March-2010 Daepdong-1 missile launch Navel firelight in Yeon-pyong-do Naval Gash on the Yellow Sea Ballistic missile fire test Daepdong•2 missile launch First nuclear test Barrage of short-range missiles Border is closed off Long-range missil

er-2006 March-2008 November-2008 April-2009 May-2009 March-2010 Daepdong-1 missile launch Navel firelight in Yeon-pyong-do Naval clash on the Yellow Sea Ballistic missile fire test Daepdong-2 missile launch First nuclear test Barrage of short-range missiles Border is closed off Long-range missil

attacks on American bases in the western Pacific and push America's carrier groups beyond what it calls the "first island chain", sealing off the Yellow Sea, South China Sea and East China Sea inside an arc running from the Aleutians in the north to Borneo in the south. Were Taiwan to attempt formal sec

rove U.S. naval and commercial shipbuilding capacity? On the other hand, China has built structures in the Provisional Measures Zone in the West Sea/Yellow Sea and employed gray zone tactics in the disputed region with South Korea to expand its territorial presence. What do we know about these structures,