Tag: military

Beijing Attacks Australia Every Single Night: Former Defence Minister

Every day Beijing launches cyberattacks against Australian businesses and government departments, former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy has revealed. The ex-defence minister made the comments after Labor elder and former Prime Minister Paul Keating claimed the Chinese Communist Party posed no military threat to Australia. Keating’s remarks formed part of a stinging and extensive critique of…


China Ramping Up Intelligence Collection Efforts Against US: Expert

China is ramping up intelligence collection efforts against the United States, warns James Fannell, a former director of intelligence and information operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet. In late January, Japanese astronomers stationed in Hawaii noticed mysterious green laser beams that were being fired over the island. The laser beams were being shot down from…


Toronto Armoured Vehicle Company Rejects Haiti’s Claim It Hasn’t Lived up to Its Word

Haiti’s troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Prince. Yet the Toronto company making the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles says it’s working as fast it can in the face of supply-chain disruptions and mistakes by Haitian…


Biden Announces Australia Submarine Deal as Part of Trilateral Pact Aimed at Countering China Threat

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Australia will purchase up to five nuclear-powered attack submarines in the next decade as part of a much-anticipated deal formally announced on March 13 by U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in California. Under the agreement, Australia will buy three Virginia-class hunter submarines by…


Biden, Allies Unveil Australia Submarine Deal, Part of Trilateral Pact Aimed at Countering China

SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Australia will purchase up to five nuclear-powered attack submarines in the next decade as part of a much-anticipated deal formally announced on March 13 by U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in California. Under the agreement, Australia will buy three Virginia-class hunter submarines by…


China Promotes US-Sanctioned Aerospace Engineer to Top Defense Post

China appointed Li Shangfu as its new defense minister, making the general targeted by U.S. sanctions the face of the communist regime’s growing military. China’s rubber-stamp legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), formally confirmed Li’s appointment as the Minister of National Defense and a state councilor on Sunday. The 65-year-old aerospace engineer succeeds Wei Fenghe,…


LIVE NOW: Are China’s Intentions Toward Taiwan Changing? A US Institute of Peace Discussion

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) considers Taiwan part of its territory and has been building military capabilities to force the island to accept unification. In the past few years, PRC has sped up its military process. Is PRC getting ready for a war against Taiwan? In a panel discussion held at 10:00 a.m. ET…


Are China’s Intentions Toward Taiwan Changing? A US Institute of Peace Discussion

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) considers Taiwan part of its territory and has been building military capabilities to force the island to accept unification. In the past few years, PRC has sped up its military process. Is PRC getting ready for a war against Taiwan? In a panel discussion held at 10:00 a.m. ET…


China Took Down Its Spy Balloon After It Flew Over Latin America

China brought down its balloon after it crossed Latin America around the time another one was flying through the United States, the commanders of U.S. Northern and Southern Command told lawmakers on March 8. “What I understand is the PRC actually terminated that balloon in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of South America,”…


China Took Down Its Spy Balloon After It Flew Over Latin America: US General

China brought down its balloon after it crossed Latin America around the time another one was flying through the United States, the commanders of U.S. Northern and Southern Command told lawmakers on March 8. “What I understand is the PRC actually terminated that balloon in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of South America,”…