O n April 22nd a Chinese aircraft-carrier strike group sailed within three nautical miles of the Philippines’ northernmost islands. It was an unusual show of force. China’s reason for sabre-rattling was clear: in late April, America flew a new short-range missile system to Basco, in the Batanes island chain, for the first time.

France's Turgis Gaillard said it's developing a long-range strike system that can fire rockets and missiles. It's similar to Lockheed Martin's HIMARS.

Red Wasp is an air defense interceptor S&T program at DEVCOM AvMC applying solid fuel ramjet tech to the Stinger missile to increase effective distance.