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Gold prices are shooting upwards as the US dollar weakens. The precious metal is enjoying a wave upwards as trade tensions between the United States and China slack in the wake of positive talks. According to one report from CNBC, gold is currently trading at its highest rate in three weeks, while investors are beginning […]
Defense Secretary James Mattis spoke at the Reagan National Defense Forum over the weekend, taking the opportunity to discuss critical elements of the U.S. national security strategy, dispel misconceptions about the nation’s defense apparatus, and notably, take a few shots at Russian president Vladimir Putin and even China. When asked directly about Russia’s recent aggression […]
The U.S. Air Force’s forthcoming long range stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, is slated to enter into service within the next seven or so years. That would suggest that all testing will be completed and the bomber will have already been in production long enough to field service ready aircraft as soon as 2025. That seems […]
Sometimes it can be tough to appreciate the logic behind which defense technologies the United States Government deems suitable for export. The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, for instance, is regularly touted as the most advanced aircraft ever developed, but Uncle Sam is happy to distribute them willingly to paying nations with friendly relations to help […]
The head of Russia’s Roscosmos told the media last weekend that his agency has a mission on the books that aims to find out once and for all if the United States really did put men on the moon in the 1960s and 70s — though it seems likely that the former deputy prime minister […]
Google employees made headlines this week, when 11 staffers signed a petition calling on the search giant to cut ties with its ongoing Dragonfly program, which would create a censored version of Google for Chinese internet use by filtering out any content the Chinese government deems inappropriate. This petition follows a previous letter signed by more […]
China’s long-touted Chengdu J-20, claimed to be the nation’s first fully functional fifth generation fighter platform, is neither fully functional nor is it technically a fifth-generation fighter — despite already being entered into service in China’s People’s Liberation Army. Fighter generations are not determined by a formal committee; generational labels are more like industry shorthand […]
Chinese billionaire and founder of the mega e-commerce site Alibaba, Jack Ma, has been identified as a member of China’s communist party. According to a report from Agence France Presse (AFP), Ma — who is not only the wealthiest man in China, but also one of the richest in the world — was “outed” as […]
The South China Sea is among both the most heavily traversed and heavily contested waterways on the planet. With an estimated one-third of all global commerce crossing the expansive body of water at some point and significant natural resources beneath the surface, it’s no small wonder then that a nation like China, eager to exercise […]
After a decade of delayed and reduced budgets, one of the few elements of President Trump’s campaign and ensuing administration that has garnered little criticism from the other side of the political fence has been his efforts to bring the American defense apparatus back to a passable state of readiness. Multiple bipartisan reports have confirmed […]
Russia’s state-owned television network Zvezda TV released never before seen footage of the nation’s fifth-generation fighter, the Su-57 on Tuesday night. One of the two pieces of footage shows four of the rare jets flying in formation, before one of the fighters executes a maneuver commonly referred to as a “flat spin.” The second piece […]
Experts believe China’s economy will face a slowdown in 2019. According to a report from Reuters, researchers from the Renmin University in Beijing expect the country’s economic growth to slow from its current rate of 6.6 percent to 6.3 next year. The Asian superpower’s ongoing trade war with the USA coupled with the country’s constant […]
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