Mil - Defense
Destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur Transits Taiwan Strait, China Protests
Post Views: 1,040 Guided-missile destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) transited the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday drawing protests from Chinese military officials. The transit occurred, “in ...
Economy / Finance
China and Turkey: In pursuit of a “Strategic Partnership”
Post Views: 932 Turkey and China are celebrating their 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties this year. For now, however, there is not too ...
Economy / Finance
SoftBank joins corporate heavyweights with $37 bln Vision Fund profit
Post Views: 1,070 SoftBank bounced back with a quarterly profit of more than $45 billion, thanks to gains for tech stocks in its ...
Terrorist Groups
Philippines: Muslim Militants Pushed Out After Attacking Southern Town
Post Views: 821 Dozens of Filipino Muslim militants linked to the Islamic State attacked a southern Philippine town and engaged the military in ...
Q, [DS] & Corruption
“Out-of-control” Chinese rocket has landed in the Indian Ocea
Post Views: 928 Debris from a large Chinese rocket landed in the Indian Ocean near the Maldives early Sunday morning, China’s space administration ...
Terrorist Groups
Philippines: Clashes broke out between government forces and IS-affiliate Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF)
Post Views: 1,195 Clashes broke out early Saturday morning in Datu Paglas municipality in Magindanao, Philippines, between government forces and Islamic State-affiliated militants ...
Just In - Classified
Covid : Documents reveal China discussed weaponization of coronaviruses prior to pandemic
Post Views: 1,309 Documents obtained by the U.S. State Department reveal Chinese military scientists discussed the weaponization of SARS coronaviruses five years before ...
Analysis
Origin of Covid - Following the Clues by Nicholas Wade
Post Views: 2,357 We spent a couple of hours reading this and reading again Wade’s publication. The author makes many good points. Well ...
Cloak & Dagger
China’s Threat and Deterrence: New nuclear-powered submarine can hit U.S. mainland
Post Views: 804 A new report says China’s military has armed its newly commissioned nuclear-powered submarine with the country’s most powerful submarine-launched ballistic ...
Mil - Defense
China deploys fast-attack missile catamarans in South China Sea
Post Views: 928 Each boat boasts eight launchers for YJ-83 subsonic anti-ship missiles and a fast-firing 30mm H/PJ-13 Gatling gun on the bow ...