The White House condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) launch of 11 ballistic missiles into the waters around Taiwan Thursday. The administration also said that it would move an aircraft carrier strike group into the region to defend its partners and allies. “The People’s Republic of China launched an estimated 11 ballistic missiles towards Taiwan…
US Condemns China Missile Launches, Orders Aircraft Carrier Group Toward Taiwan
August 4, 2022
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LIVE NOW: Trump Backed Candidates Win Primaries in 3 States; US Approves Sale of 300 Missiles to Saudi Arabia
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has wrapped up her unannounced trip to Taiwan. Her schedule included a visit to Taiwan’s legislature and a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen. We take a look at projected winners from Tuesday’s primaries, focusing on the Senate and Governor races in Michigan, Arizona, and Missouri. The State Department approves a multi-billion…
Northrop Wins Space Development Agency’s Contract to Build 14 Satellite
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp said on Monday it had won a contract to build and deploy a low-Earth orbit constellation of 14 satellites for the U.S. Space Development Agency. The satellites are part of the agency’s plan to build the Tranche 1 Tracking Layer for detecting, identifying, and track hypersonic weapons and other advanced…
US Building Satellites to Track Hypersonic Missiles
July 19, 2022
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The United States is building a new satellite system to track hypersonic weapons following repeated demonstrations of such weapons by China and Russia. The Pentagon announced two contracts on July 18, worth a combined $1.3 billion, to develop an advanced satellite system expected to be in orbit beginning April 2025. The Space Development Agency (SDA)…
Russian Defense Ministry: Russia Targets Ukraine’s Long-Range Missiles
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered generals to prioritise destroying Ukraine’s long-range missile and artillery weapons after Western-supplied weapons were used to strike Russian supply lines. Nearly five months since President Vladimir Putin ordered the Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces are grinding through the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine and now control around a…
Ukraine Seizes $71 Million of Assets Owned by Russian State Companies
KYIV—Ukraine has seized assets worth over 2.1 billion hryvnias ($71 million) owned by Russian state oil company Rosneft, gas firm Gazprom, and nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, Ukraine’s state security service said on Friday. The SBU said in a statement that Russia had used some of the profits from those assets to prepare its invasion of…
South Korea Launches First Satellite With Homegrown Rocket
SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea conducted its first successful satellite launch using a domestically developed rocket on Tuesday, officials said, boosting its growing aerospace ambitions and demonstrating it has key technologies needed to launch spy satellites and build larger missiles amid tensions with rival North Korea. The three-stage Nuri rocket placed a functioning “performance verification” satellite…
Taiwan’s Missiles Can Strike Beijing, Three Gorges Dam, Island’s Politician Says
June 16, 2022
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A top politician in Taiwan warned that the island’s government had missiles capable of targeting Beijing, and that it would defend itself from an invasion by China’s communist regime. You Si-kun, president of Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, said that Taiwan had supersonic cruise missiles capable of striking Beijing should China’s communist regime invade. “Yun Feng missiles…
US Hypersonic Development ‘Way Behind the Chinese’: Rep. Lamborn
June 8, 2022
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The United States’ nuclear and hypersonic weapons development is behind that of China’s ruling communist regime, according to Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.). “They’ve been on a building spree,” Lamborn said of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “They’ve doubled their nuclear arsenal in the last two years and they’re showing no sign of relenting.” “We are…
State Department Okays Over $3 Billion In Arms Sales to Australia, Egypt, Netherlands
May 28, 2022
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The State Department has announced plans for three major weapons sales to Australia, Egypt, and the Netherlands. The deals are estimated to be jointly worth some $3.1 billion, with officials saying the sales will not alter the basic military balance in the respective regions nor will they have any adverse impact on America’s defense readiness….
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