Military recruitment in the Canadian Armed Forces dropped by 35 percent in 2022, with only 5,242 volunteers signing up compared to 8,069 in 2021, according to a federal briefing note by the Department of National Defence. “The Canadian Armed Forces serves Canada by defending our values, interests and sovereignty at home and abroad. However, the…
China Restricts Export of Rare Metals Used in High-Performance Chips; Expert Says Move Mainly for Propaganda
July 6, 2023
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The Chinese Communist Party’s announcement of new state controls restricting exports of gallium and germanium on July 3 is retaliation for the West’s chip sanctions on the regime, according to a Taiwan-based defense expert. Su Tzu-yun, director of the Institute for National Defense Security Research in Taiwan, said that the move by China’s Ministry of Commerce and Customs…
Philippines Says Its Ships ‘Followed, Harassed’ by 2 Chinese Vessels in Disputed Sea
July 5, 2023
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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Wednesday that two Chinese coast guard vessels had “followed, harassed, and obstructed” its ships on a support mission in the disputed South China Sea on June 30. PCG spokesman Jay Tarriela said the PCG vessels—BRP Malabrigo and BRP Malapascua—were assisting a naval operation in the Ayungin Shoal when…
Active-Duty Military Suicides Increase Annually in 2023, Pentagon Data Show
Suicides among active-duty military increased in the first three months of this year compared to the first quarter of 2022, according to a new Pentagon report. The number of military suicides rose 25 percent, from 75 in the first quarter of 2022 to 94 in the first quarter of 2023, the Defense Suicide Prevention Office said in its…
Japan Spots Chinese Amphibious Assault Ship in Western Pacific
July 3, 2023
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China’s People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) reportedly sent its amphibious assault ship to the straits between the islands of Japan on June 29, the first known instance of the warship being spotted in the Western Pacific. Japan’s Ministry of Defense said that two PLAN ships—the Type 075 amphibious assault ship Guangxi and the Type 052…
ANALYSIS: Nuclear Plant Explosion Fears Follow Tense Month in Russia–China–US Relations
July 2, 2023
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Global headlines this weekend warned of a possible, Russia-provoked explosion at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Citing Ukrainian intelligence, Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke of a “serious threat” at the Russian-occupied nuclear plant. Ukraine has been holding drills to prepare for a potential radioactive disaster should Russia blow up the plant. The tense situation follows…
Xi Jinping Promotes Two More Generals After Wagner Mutiny
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top leader Xi Jinping promoted two generals in Beijing on June 28, four days after the Wagner mutiny. The two new generals are Zheng Xuan, political commissar of the Northern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and Ling Huanxin, political commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences, according…
Transgender Soldiers Cost Taxpayers Millions, Likely to Be Medically ‘Unfit to Serve’
In the popular “M.A.S.H.” sitcom that ran from 1972 until 1983, Corporal Maxwell Klinger was so desperate to escape his assignment to a mobile army surgical hospital in the Korean War, he dressed as a woman in an attempt to prove he was mentally unfit to serve. At the time, it was accepted that people…
IN-DEPTH: Former Army Psychologist Raises Alarm on Transgender Soldiers
In the popular “M.A.S.H.” sitcom that ran from 1972 until 1983, Corporal Maxwell Klinger was so desperate to escape his assignment to a mobile army surgical hospital in the Korean War, he dressed as a woman in an attempt to prove he was mentally unfit to serve. At the time, it was accepted that people…
Chinese Spy Balloon Did Not Collect Data While Transiting US: Pentagon
June 29, 2023
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The Chinese spy balloon that flew over sensitive U.S. military sites earlier this year did not collect or transmit any information before it was shot down off the Carolina coast, the Pentagon told reporters on June 29. The balloon, which flew from Alaska to the East Coast, came equipped with commercially available U.S.-made gear that…
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