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The China Missile Threat to U.S. Bases in the Indo-Pacific Must Now Be Taken Seriously To quote a RAND report on the subject: “China’s...
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The China Missile Threat to U.S. Bases in the Indo-Pacific Must Now Be Taken Seriously To quote a RAND report on the subject: “China’s...
Synopsis and Key Points: China’s DF-27 is presented as an operational, conventionally armed intercontinental-range missile with an anti-ship variant designed to threaten U.S. aircraft...
Key Points and Summary – President Trump’s call for a new “Trump-class” battleship with 120 VLS cells and hypersonic missiles faces skepticism due to...
Key Points and Summary – China’s Rocket Force is portrayed as built for scale: large inventories, mobile launchers, and layered ranges designed to saturate...
Key Points and Summary – A leaked Pentagon “overmatch” report has reignited a familiar argument: do China’s hypersonic and anti-ship missiles make U.S. aircraft...
Synopsis: China’s anti-access strategy in a Taiwan war hinges on denying U.S. carrier strike groups access to the Western Pacific using massed missile fire....
Key Points and Summary – A New York Times editorial cites a Pentagon “Overmatch” brief arguing China has built decisive redundancy in key military...
Key Points and Summary – China is racing to expand its aircraft carrier fleet, but its real bet is on land-, air-, and sea-launched...
Key Points and Summary – China’s naval strategy around aircraft carriers is not contradictory, even if it looks that way. -Beijing fields DF-21D and...
Key Points and Summary – Satellite images from western China have revealed full-scale mockups of U.S. aircraft carriers and destroyers laid out on rails...