Category: warfare

Staying Calm in the Battle for the Mind

Commentary Warfare is about imposing one’s will on another or resisting the imposition of another’s will. So warfare has always been decided primarily in military “information dominance,” which specialists call “the cognitive domain.” It is true now more than ever when the most effective tools of warfare are there in instant social media to undermine…


Communist China’s Cyber Attacks Must Be Declared Acts of War

Commentary We have been fools. We will continue to be fooled until our politicians fight communist China’s unrestricted cyber warfare against the United States with more than hot air. The latest evidence of such warfare is a newly published Microsoft report documenting the breathtaking scope of this particular form of communist Chinese aggression. According to…


[PREMIERING NOW] Who Controls the Minds, Controls the Votes

The Intercept revealed a document from February 2023 released by U.S. Special Operations Command. It detailed how the elite warfighters of the United States are looking into new tools for psychological warfare operations. In particular, it seems they want to use “deepfake” videos for military operations. Deepfakes are a type of fake, but very realistic-looking,…


Who Controls the Minds, Controls the Votes

The Intercept revealed a document from February 2023 released by U.S. Special Operations Command. It detailed how the elite warfighters of the United States are looking into new tools for psychological warfare operations. In particular, it seems they want to use “deepfake” videos for military operations. Deepfakes are a type of fake, but very realistic-looking,…


[PREMIERING 7:00PM ET] Who Controls the Minds, Controls the Votes

The Intercept revealed a document from February 2023 released by U.S. Special Operations Command. It detailed how the elite warfighters of the United States are looking into new tools for psychological warfare operations. In particular, it seems they want to use “deepfake” videos for military operations. Deepfakes are a type of fake, but very realistic-looking,…


US Lacks the Capacity to Rival China in the Indo-Pacific Region: Gen. Spalding

The latest Pentagon annual report on China’s military power reveals that the communist regime has outdone the United States in the Indo-Pacific region, according to retired Brig. Gen. Robert Spalding. The Department of Defense’s annual China Military Power Report (pdf), released on Nov. 29, serves as an authoritative assessment of the military power and strategy…


‘We Are at War, and We’re at Cyber War’: Rex Lee on Tech Hybrid Warfare

In this special episode, we sat down with Rex Lee, cybersecurity adviser at My Smart Privacy. He sheds light on tech-based hybrid warfare, what hybrid warfare is, and how technology is integrated. Lee says: “People don’t realize that any app, whether it’s developed by Google, ByteDance from China, Baidu from China—which is an Android app…


Chinese State Media Exploit US Political Divisions After Biden’s Speech

Commentary The communist Chinese are always ready to exploit and exacerbate the agonies of others for monetary and political gain. This is particularly true of their main enemy, the United States of America, which the communists seek to displace as the world’s only economic and military superpower. Exploiting the apparently widening political divide in America…


From Tiananmen to Taiwan and the South China Sea: China Updates Its Rules of Engagement

Commentary Several news outlets announced on June 13 that Chinese leader Xi Jinping had signed an order to implement rules on military operations other than war (MOOTW), consisting of 59 articles in six chapters. Xi is also the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission…


Ship Data Interruption Hints at China’s Military Doctrine

China’s recent interference with ship-data broadcasts might provide a clue to Chinese military strategy, and give a preview of the opening moments of a future attack on Taiwan. In late October, international ship tracking services noticed a sudden decrease in ship data from Chinese ground stations. These land-based stations receive the Automatic Identification System (AIS)…