China has been modernizing its military and nuclear arsenal while becoming increasingly aggressive in asserting territorial claims in the South China Sea and over Taiwan.
Marines of South Korea, right, and the US, aim their weapons near amphibious assault vehicles during a US and South Korea joint landing military exercise in Pohang, South Korea, on March 30, 2015.
China Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons toward a Philippine resupply vessel at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 5.
Ezra Acayan/Getty ImagesNorth Korea, meanwhile, has ramped up its threats toward South Korea and the US as it carries out illegal weapons testing.
Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty ImagesUS soldiers participate in a 'Best Squad Competition' at Camp Humphreys in 2023 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.
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