Recent satellite images provide a rare glimpse into China’s naval development as a commercial satellite caught a Chinese submarine in a dry dock for apparent upgrades. It is unclear if the submarine is a new type of vessel altogether or an upgraded class of nuclear-powered attack submarine. Images taken by private satellite imagery provider Planet…
China May be Retrofitting Nuclear Submarine with New Missile System
May 13, 2022
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China Testing Missiles to Strike Ships in Port, New Images Reveal
May 12, 2022
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Analysis of new satellite images suggests that the Chinese military is testing its ability to target ships in port with long-range ballistic missiles. The discovery may shed light on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) efforts to develop a military capable of decapitating U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific. The new images, taken by a Maxar Technologies…
China Deploys New Missiles Against the US Navy
News Analysis China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on April 20 revealed two new missiles intended to increase its ability to overwhelm the defenses of U.S. Navy ships that help deter Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aggression. While the disclosures were timed to coincide with the 73rd anniversary of the PLA Navy (PLAN), the timing also served…
America’s Navy Is Failing—Triple Its Budget or Lose a War to Russia and China
Commentary China just put two more naval cruisers into service. The two Type 055s, bigger than destroyers, already conducted night-firing exercises. Meanwhile, the U.S. Navy plans to retire all its cruisers without replacement until 2028. Type 055 tested its YJ-21 hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) and another missile that appears to have a maneuverable reentry vehicle (MaRV)….
Triumph of the Missiles?
Commentary The sinking of a Russian warship by cruise missile causes concern about the vulnerability of U.S. ships to Chinese missiles. But the U.S. forces are better trained at using their interlocking missile defenses. A Ukrainian Neptune missile reportedly sunk the battleship Moskva on April 14 (the Russians dispute this claim, of course, and it is…
Predicting When Communist China Will Make Its Move on Taiwan
Commentary The window for deterring a communist Chinese invasion of Taiwan is rapidly closing, and concrete actions are needed now. The ongoing Russo-Ukrainian has sparked a great deal of speculation about Taiwan’s future. Without question, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) are drawing various conclusions about the world’s response…
10 Years of Illegal China-North Korea Nuclear Missile Cooperation
Commentary April 15 marks a decade of unpunished Chinese Communist Party (CCP) perfidy. That day in 2012 saw the first revelation that purpose-built Chinese large trucks were carrying North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). China was abetting North Korea’s ability to vaporize U.S. cities. Almost a decade later, on March 24, 2022, the third generation…
US Requires Space-Based Systems to Counter Chinese, Russian Hypersonic Missiles: Expert
The United States requires new space-based missile defense systems to counter the growing threat of hypersonic weapons, according to one expert. “As it relates to hypersonic or nuclear and conventional intercontinental ballistic missile or nuclear missiles, the United States must have immediately a space-based missile defense system,” Brandon Weichert, a geopolitical analyst and author, told…
America’s Enemies Justify the Nuclear Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
Commentary There is justified concern that as part of its upcoming Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which assesses the nuclear deterrent requirements of the United States, the Biden administration will cancel the Trump administration’s 2018 NPR decision to revive production of the nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM-N). Russia’s repeated use of nuclear coercion during its faltering…
Missiles Hit Area Near Ukraine’s Lviv Airport
Missiles have hit near Lviv airport, the city’s Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said on March 18. In a statement, Sadovyi attributed the missiles to Russians. “Some Russian rockets hit on the aircraft repair plant. The building was destroyed because of the hits. Active work on the plant was previously stopped, so there are no casualties.” The Ukraine…
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