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China has been on an espionage campaign in America and the west; targeting military secrets and technology. It appears that their success has ignited the air with suspicion in the PRC. With any luck, the Chinese will cripple themselves with paranoia and witch-hunts. – China recently held its first “National Security Education Day”. Materials were distributed […]
SOFREP recently covered UUVs that are set for deployment in the South China Sea. – A Florida woman was charged with conspiring to illegally export U.S. technology used in underwater drones to a Chinese state-owned entity, according to an indictment unsealed on Thursday. Amin Yu, 53, of Orlando, Florida worked from 2002 until February 2014 […]
India and the United States have been militarily courting for the past two years, following a prolonged freeze in defense diplomacy and U.S. sanctions after India’s nuclear-weapons testing in 1998 . U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter has recently returned from a three-day visit to India, his second trip this year. Mr. Carter discussed logistical requirements for […]
China wants to have deeper military ties with Afghanistan, including counter-terrorism intelligence cooperation and joint drills, a senior Chinese officer told a visiting Afghan envoy. China is working with Pakistan and the United States to broker peace talks to end a Taliban insurgency that has raged for 15 years in Afghanistan, but last month the […]
Each time we cover Chinese espionage here at SOFREP we have come to expect the usual deluge of Chinese nationals accusing us of being racist. You know, racist against the oppressed Han Chinese minority group that numbers in well over a billion people… A propaganda poster recently spread around Beijing as a part of “National Security Education Day” […]
Twitter‘s hiring of a Chinese tech executive with past links to China’s military and security agencies but little social-media experience has raised concerns about the company’s strategy in the massive China market, where it remains blocked. While there is no indication that Kathy Chen maintains connections with the People’s Liberation Army or China’s security apparatus, her […]
UUVs, Unmanned Undersea Vehicles maximize ISR observation capabilities, expands communications networks, conducts hazardous underwater tasks, minimizes risk – as well as their deployable numbers. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is confidently resting on its recent advancements in artillery, anti-ship weapons, mines, and missiles as a means to overwhelm and deter American and Allied interest and sovereignty […]
A-10 Ground Attack Jets, H-60G Pavehawk Helicopters, MC-130H Combat Talon Special Forces Infiltration Aircraft along with 200 Crew Members – Will take part in 10 days of joint drills. This exercise is conducive with U.S. – Phillippines joint-nation patrols that began last month. Last month a show of force exercise that included a joint U.S. […]
China’s expressed anger on Tuesday after foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) advanced economies said they strongly opposed provocation in the East and South China Seas, where China is locked in territorial disputes. “We urge the G7 member states to honor their commitment of not taking sides on issues involving territorial disputes,” China’s […]
FighterSweep Fans, if these allegations are true, this is not good news for us. Edward Lin, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and Naval Flight Officer (NFO) aboard one of the most advanced SIGINT (SIGnals INTelligence) aircraft in the inventory, has been accused of passing secrets to China. A U.S. naval flight officer (NFO) with an […]
The U.S. military’s top commander in the Pacific is arguing behind closed doors for a more confrontational approach to counter and reverse China’s strategic gains in the South China Sea, appeals that have met resistance from the White House at nearly every turn. Adm. Harry Harris is proposing a muscular U.S. response to China’s island-building that may include launching aircraft and […]
Asian countries are increasingly pushing back against China’s sweeping territorial claims and bullying tactics in the South China Sea. On Sunday, a Japanese submarine made a port call in the Philippines for the first time in 15 years, a sign of growing security cooperation. Last week, Vietnam seized a Chinese ship for illegally entering its territorial waters, and […]
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