"The Chinese government is set on stealing your technology — whatever it is that makes your industry tick—and using it to undercut your business and dominate your market," says the FBI.

Environmental, social and governance rules require investors to avoid defence stocks, discouraging big investors such as pension funds, while China and Russia have nationalised defence industries.

The shipbuilder Austal now expects its fiscal 2022 operating income to be higher than the previously forecast A$107 million ($74 million) as a result of the US contract.

Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 8 - which outline tactics, techniques and procedures - attempts to instill media awareness in the ranks, the US publication said.

Admiral John C Aquilino told the Air Force Magazine that the fifth-generation F-22 and F-35 fighters "are critically important to the ability to deliver deterrence”

The cancellation of the French deal, in favour of nuclear-powered submarines built by the US and UK, enraged Paris and triggered a diplomatic crisis

Three companies allegedly sent blueprints for satellite, rocket, and defence prototypes to China without permission, an act that a US official said 'harms national security'

The Chinese and Cambodian governments had both previously denied reports that a Chinese military presence would be allowed at the Ream naval base

“This conflict will definitely set off a chain reaction in the military and technological sector,” said Meng Fansong of the National University of Defence Technology

A player shared schematics for a shell fired by the Chinese Type 96 tank in a forum post, which was swiftly deleted, TechRadar reported.

Satellite imagery of the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai indicated that the Type 003 might be ready within days, the Journal said

The High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems are part of Canberra's desire to boost its military presence in the Indo-Pacific region