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Despite popular conceptions, the Chinese are increasingly crossing U.S. the border, as Mexicans are returning home. the border is not simply an American and Mexican issue anymore. The world watches us, and our enemies the closest. Are you still up in arms over migrant workers? I hope not, because this whole border issue has become […]
China is set to install “a few thousand” troops and staff at its first ever overseas military base, the first permanent overseas deployment by Chinese armed forces. The new naval facility will sit in the same city as America’s own sprawling African military headquarters in Djibouti, the Horn of Africa country where the US has […]
In December 2015, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) established its Army, part of the sweeping military reforms President Xi Jinping has hinted since taking office but revealed only over the past several months. The chart below is my prediction of what this organization will look like. An Army Establishing an Army? The PLA encompasses the whole of […]
China has ordered its armed forces to end all paid outside work within the next three years as part of a push to make the world’s largest standing military more professional and battle ready. A Defense Ministry notice viewed Monday said both the regular army and the paramilitary People’s Armed Police would be covered under […]
This Monday, the Ground Japan Self-Defense Force (GSDF) switched on a permanent new radar station in Yonaguni Island, part of Okinawa Prefecture in the East China Sea. Yonaguni is located 150 kilometers (90 miles) south of the disputed Senkaku/Diaoyu islands and 100 kilometers (62 miles) east of Taiwan, The Japan Times reports. “Establishing a stable defense setup […]
FighterSweep Fans, we’ve been following this one closely and have shared several some interesting data with you: DF-21 carrier killer missiles, J-11 fighters deployed to artificial islands, and radar which can potentially detect and track low-observable aircraft. But China’s move toward dominating the battlespace in the South China Sea doesn’t stop at those things alone. […]
A Chinese businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack US defense contractors and steal sensitive military data, said the US Department of Justice in a statement. Criminal charges were originally filed against 50-year-old Su Bin in 2014, and the Chinese national was arrested in Canada that July. After pleading guilty, he now faces up to five […]
The United States just inked a deal with the Philippines, one that clears the way for a new permanent American military presence at five different installations in the P.I. The intent is the installations will support rotational deployments near a much-maligned region of the South China Sea. And who is less than thrilled about the […]
Rumors are swirling about a secretive Chinese space station built deep in Argentina’s Patagonia region.In 2012, leaders in Beijing and Buenos Aires inked a deal to build the so-called “Deep Space Station,” and the facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2016. While Argentina and China have said that “the ground station […]
Editor’s Note: I would say that we’re surprised, but we’re not. There’s nothing Secret about China’s ambitions to expand its influence all over the globe. They’ve been speaking with Portugal about taking over operations at Lajes Field in the Azores, so the fact they’re looking for real estate for bases in the Southern Hemisphere is […]
Editor’s Note: China continues to pursue its goal of dominating the maritime battlespace in the South China Sea, embodied by the construction of a second, more sophisticated aircraft carrier. The updated design should allow the ship to carry more fighters, an airborne early-warning and control platform, an anti-submarine warfare platform, and several helicopters. “The Chinese […]
Editor’s Note: Another entry for our ever-growing, color-us-shocked file. While the U.S. has repeatedly shown its ability to dominate the battlespace in the current COIN (COunter INsurgency) fight with the likes of Daesh, al Qaeda, et al, Air Force senior leadership is deeply concerned about our readiness to face a near-peer-level fight in an Anti-Access/Area-Denial […]
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