China
China’s shipbuilding capacity is greater than that of the United States
The U.S. Navy estimates that China’s shipbuilding capacity is over 200 times that of the United States. China has increased its shipbuilding activities in support of their long-term strategic plans, building both commercial and military ships. China currently has more naval ships than the United States does, and the gap is estimated to increase in […]
China targets U.S. Military and veterans for exploitation
The Chinese military is trying to get international firms, working in China, to look for and gain recruits with U.S. and NATO experience in specialties that could help the Chinese military. They look for veterans with expertise to provide training, while under employment contract, to individuals these veterans would not realize are related to the […]
Friday factoids- Arctic, Border, Norks, China
Where to start… Biden? The Chinese? The Norks? Is there a real difference? Remember how we talked about how the current administration doesn’t want to carry LNG by train and has closed pipelines, presumably all in the name of Clean Green Renewable Energy Regardless What It Costs? Well, dropping yet another shoe the Biden administration […]
Chinese nationals pretending to be spies to get into U.S. Military bases
The Military and the FBI has tracked over 100 incidents of Chinese nationals trying to get into U.S. military bases and other federal installations. They pretend to be tourists who “missed out on some details.” For example, following navigation instructions to the nearest fast-food establishment located on the base, stranding into the wrong section of […]
The U.S. to send Taiwan military aid normally sent to sovereign countries
The U.S. has approved military related aid normally done for sovereign, independent, countries. This will involve the transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan and is approximately $80 million. Naturally, the Chinese Communist Party is not happy with this development, describing it as harming China’s sovereignty and that it undermined peace and stability in the […]
China not pleased with the US providing its input regarding the South China Sea
The Philippines ran The Sierra Madre aground on one of the disputed areas in the South China Sea. They kept a contingent of soldiers on the ship to help maintain the Philippine’s claims to this area. Recently, while the Filipinos were replenishing the servicemembers on this ship, the Chinese Coast Guard fired water cannons at […]
The U.S. Air Force conducts a long-range mobility exercise
All branches of the US military are training for battle scenarios that potentially could take place in the Indo-Pacific region. One of these exercises is an Air Force exercise aimed at moving large numbers of individuals and materials to locations they are needed at. This is a biannual training exercise that tests airlift capability to […]
American warships sent to deal with Russian and Chinese navy ships
Four U.S. Navy ships were dispatched to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to intercept 11 foreign warships that had gotten too close to Alaska. There seems to be a conflict on reporting on this story, with one side saying that they conducted incursion into American waters, while another side says that they remained in international waters. The […]
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