Aircraft carriers may be a thing of the past: Just how vulnerable are America’s carriers?

Aircraft carriers may be a thing of the past: Just how vulnerable are America’s carriers?

In a speech given aboard the newest American aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, last week, President Trump congratulated the crew and shipbuilders on their accomplishments and reaffirmed his stance on establishing a larger, more powerful Navy, with our aircraft carriers continuing to serve as the centerpiece of our ability to project power across […]

China stealth jet enters service, navy building ‘first class’ fleet

China stealth jet enters service, navy building ‘first class’ fleet

China has put into service its new generation J-20 stealth fighter, a warplane it hopes will narrow the military gap with the United States, as senior naval officers said the country was building a “first class” navy and developing a marine corps. Chinese President Xi Jinping is overseeing a sweeping modernization of the country’s armed […]

Commander of U.S. Strategic Command to Congress: Nuclear modernization must be a priority

Commander of U.S. Strategic Command to Congress: Nuclear modernization must be a priority

At a hearing on Wednesday, Air Force Generals Paul J. Selva and John Hyten, who serves as the commander of U.S. Strategic Command, testified before a House panel that nuclear deterrents need to top the priority list for modernization and recapitalization efforts in the U.S. military. According to Selva, modernization of America’s nuclear force has […]

Violence in Myanmar as rebel groups attack authorities in border region

Violence in Myanmar as rebel groups attack authorities in border region

Rebels dressed as police officers attacked a number of military and police outposts in Myanmar’s restive Kokang region on Monday, killing as many as 30. The rebels reportedly belong to the Myanmar Nationalities Democratic Alliance Armies (MNDAA), a collection of armed groups waging a sustained military campaign against the government. The MNDAA claimed responsibility for the […]

Watch: Raw Video of US THAAD Missile Defense System Arriving in South Korea

Watch: Raw Video of US THAAD Missile Defense System Arriving in South Korea

In a sharp move to counter recent missile launches by North Korea the US sent its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea on Monday evening. The North Koreans had just launched four ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan the day before. Watch the arrival of the THAAD missile system to […]

China to launch space station in 2018…and secure orbital dominance by 2024

China to launch space station in 2018…and secure orbital dominance by 2024

China has announced plans to launch the core module for their own space station next year, with additional modules intended to follow soon thereafter. Once completed, China’s space station will be smaller than the current International Space Station, but with the ISS slated for retirement in 2024, China may be the only nation with a […]

New ISIS video targets China, shows Chinese Muslims fighting in Iraq

New ISIS video targets China, shows Chinese Muslims fighting in Iraq

Despite suffering defeats in both Iraq and Syria recently, ISIS continues to expand their list of target nations, now setting their sights on China in a thirty-minute video released on Monday. The video, believed to be filmed in a region of Iraq that remains under ISIS control, shows fighters from China’s Uighur minority.  China has […]

Here’s how the US military is sticking it to Beijing in the South China Sea

Here’s how the US military is sticking it to Beijing in the South China Sea

China has for years been whittling away at the US military’s asymmetrical advantage in conventional military strength with a naval buildup, building and militarizing artificial islands in the South China Sea, and creating systems and weapons custom built to negate the US’s technological advantage. By all indications, China is building aircraft carriers and getting ready to […]

China responds to terror attacks with thousands of armed police in restive province

China responds to terror attacks with thousands of armed police in restive province

The Chinese government has mobilized over 10,000 paramilitary police officers in a bid to reassert control in Xinjiang Province following a recent spate of violence this month. The government has accused terrorist elements of the Uighur people, an ethnic minority of Muslims in China’s furthest northwestern region, for executing a number of terrorist attacks in […]

US Air Force general describes how the F-35 would take on China’s J-31 competitor

US Air Force general describes how the F-35 would take on China’s J-31 competitor

At a recent Center for Strategic and International Studies conference, US Air Force General and Chief of Staff David L. Goldfein laid out how the US would use F-35s to fight against high-end threats like China’s J-31 or J-20 — and he made it clear that the F-35 could dominate. At the conference where Goldfein touched […]