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The US Navy has outlined its strategy to address the rising military threat posed by China in a newly released document. Published on Thursday, the Navigation Plan for America’s Warfighting Navy aims to strengthen the Navy’s readiness and technological capabilities by 2027, positioning it to counter the People’s Liberation Army more effectively. The report emphasizes…
The FBI has taken significant action against a vast network of compromised internet routers and devices that were being utilized by hackers with links to the Chinese government. This operation, which involved a court order, aims to dismantle a botnet that posed a serious threat to critical infrastructure both in the United States and internationally,…
DEVELOPING: A potential ballistic missile launch toward the Sea of Japan sent ripples of unease through an already unstable region yet again today. (URGENT) N. Korea fires unidentified ballistic missile eastward: JCS https://t.co/nmxMfsyKa2 — Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) September 17, 2024 The Sea of Japan, a longstanding arena for geopolitical power plays, has frequently been…
President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday increasing the number of soldiers in the Russian military by 180,000, bringing the total number of active servicemen to 1.5 million for this upcoming winter. The decree, which takes effect Dec. 1, sets the overall number of military personnel within Russia’s army at 2,389,139, including 1.5 million servicemen. Continue Reading
On Thursday, Ukrainian combat engineers breached Russian defenses along the border near the village of Novyi Put, around 20 miles west of the 400-square-mile Ukrainian salient in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. What at first appeared to be a brief and shallow Ukrainian assault in fact developed into something far more dangerous to Russian control over Kursk. Ukrainian armored trucks swiftly…
China has released David Lin, who has been imprisoned since 2006 on fraud charges, that the US believes were unjust. David’s daughter, Alice Lin, says that she was notified of her father’s release over the weekend that he’d be coming home the following day. “We’re overwhelmed with joy, there’s so much to make up for,”…
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro explains the increase in incidents with China. “The proverbial schoolyard bully is the best example of what China is,” he said. “It just muscles you over.” Chinese vessels surround a Philippine ship, forcing the crew to abandon part of their mission. A 2016 international tribunal ruled the Philippines has exclusive…
There are many fears spreading around the Internet regarding a potential nuclear conflict between Russia and the West. Now, I won’t say it’s impossible because, well, anything is possible, but I will say that it’s extremely unlikely. When I say that, I mean less than one percent. Let me explain. I’m a product of the…
