Category: arms race

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Dismissal of China Military Threat ‘Dangerously Naive’: Retired Colonel

June 10, 2023
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Robert F. Kennedy’s view that China doesn’t pose a military threat to the United States is misguided and doesn’t align with reality, according to analysts. In a Twitter Spaces conversation earlier this week with the platform’s owner Elon Musk, the Democrat presidential candidate called for the United States to engage with China in talks and…

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ANALYSIS: Espionage, Corruption Dog China’s Naval Industry

June 1, 2023
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Suspicions of espionage and corruption are rife in China’s military shipyards, with a handful of incidents in recent years pointing to key staff members. Among those incidents was that of Li Jianming, chief accountant and deputy director of the 711 Research Institute of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). Li suddenly “died while on business” at…

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AUKUS Subs Deal: Pentagon Seeks Congress Greenlight for Sub Transfer

May 29, 2023
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The Pentagon has requested Congress to greenlight the transfer of up to two nuclear power submarines to Australia. The legislative proposals (pdf), which were first submitted on May 2 and made available online on May 23, come as U.S. defence officials argue that while the transfer may have a short-term effect, the transfer would allow…

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First Russian Hypersonic Missile Scientist to Go on Trial Over Suspected Treason With China

May 24, 2023
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The first of three Russian hypersonic missile scientists to be arrested on suspicion of treason will go on trial next week, the court handling the case said on Wednesday. The criminal case against Anatoly Maslov, 76, will open in St. Petersburg’s city court on June 1, the court said on its website. He and two colleagues…

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South Korea Bets Arsenal Ships Will Give North Korea and China Second Thoughts

May 17, 2023
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Commentary Threatened by North Korean nuclear weapons and communist Chinese conventional air and missile fires, South Korea has decided to spend serious money on an old but often spurned military concept: the arsenal ship. The concept is simple. Take a very large but comparatively inexpensive civilian commercial ship. Oil supertankers and huge container carriers fit…

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Beijing Snares Top UK Physicist to Assist With Hypersonic Weapons Research

May 15, 2023
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Beijing has reportedly lured one of the United Kingdom’s (UK) top physicists and leading experts in the fields of multiscale gas, liquids, and solid systems—critically important for hypersonic research. Zhang Yonghao, who worked in the UK for more than 20 years in leading universities, also held the Weir Professor of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics chair…

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Beijing’s Hypocrisy Hits New High With Missile Defenses

April 28, 2023
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Commentary For years, China complained about the development and deployment of American missile defenses, a capability that Beijing didn’t have and claimed would undermine strategic stability and security in Asia. It’s funny how you don’t hear Beijing protesting about the development and deployment of U.S. missile defenses anymore now that China itself is developing and…

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No Money, No Nukes: Time to Bankrupt China’s Regime

April 11, 2023
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Originally published by Gatestone Institute Commentary “We are probably not going to be able to do anything to stop, slow down, disrupt, interdict, or destroy the Chinese nuclear development program that they have projected out over the next 10 to 20 years,” said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley on March 29 at…

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US Space Vulnerable to Attacks From Russia and China: Author

March 31, 2023
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The U.S. space is vulnerable to attacks from Russia and China, according to Brandon Weichert, author of “Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.” According to the expert, the U.S. Space Force has no replacement for its cumbersome multi-functioned military satellites. “The problem is, is that the way the Pentagon for 30 to 40 years…

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GOP Senators Question Biden’s Navy Budget as China Projects Having 150 More Ships Than US by 2028

March 30, 2023
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Republican senators expressed concerns this week about the Biden administration’s Navy budget, saying that the proposed spending is not adequate to confront the threat posed by China’s expanding naval forces. “This administration’s budget request does not fully reflect the challenges identified in its own national defense strategy,” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), vice chair of the…

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