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The Chinese Navy Will Be Bigger Than America's By 2020
China has plans to grow its navy to 351 ships by 2020 as the Chinese continue to develop their military’s ability to strike global targets, according to a new report.The 2014 US-China Economic and...
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Thailand Is Facing One Of The Most Brutal Insurgencies In Asia
SUNGAI GOLOK, Thailand — Pin is stumbling drunk.When she bends down to refill a customer’s Heineken, her hair dips into the beer. Her breath smells like menthols and fish sauce. She is shrieking...
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A Civilian Airliner Almost Collided With A Russian Spy Plane Again
A civilian plane, en route from Denmark to Poland, almost collided with a Russian spyplane minutes after departure, Swedish authorities said on Friday.The Russian aircraft was flying with the...
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China Signaled It May Join Operations Against ISIS In Iraq
As the US-led campaign against the Islamic State grinds on, China has unexpectedly offered to help in the war effort, Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Lucy Hornby report for the Financial Times. Wang Yi, China's...
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Here Are The Places ISIS May Try To Expand To Next
The ISIS campaign in Iraq and Syria has shifted course since October 2014. ISIS lost control of threekeystrongholds in Iraq in November 2014, while Kurdish forces and the international coalition...
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Newly Released NSA Documents Show That China Captured American Soldiers...
During the US campaign in Vietnam, over a thousand service members were classified as prisoners or war (POW) or missing in action (MIA). Generally, those who went missing were killed or captured by the...
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Denmark Just Claimed The North Pole
Competition in the Arctic is heating up as Denmark has laid claim to the North Pole.Copenhagen is citing scientific data showing that Greenland, which is an autonomous country within Denmark, sits atop...
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Russia: We Have The Right To Put Nuclear Weapons In Crimea
Russia announced on Monday that it believes it has the full right to deploy nuclear weapons in the recently annexed Crimean peninsula. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the Interfax news...
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The Air Force Wants To Overhaul Its Space Program
It’s called “the vicious circle of space acquisition."Large satellite systems take a long time to develop. As the years stretch on, the temptation to change requirements and add new capabilities is too...
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The 35 Biggest Geopolitical Risks In 2015
The Council on Foreign Relations released the Center for Preventive Action’s Global Conflict Tracker, an interactive guide to US conflict prevention priorities in 2015. It is based on the most recent...
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The Top 10 Most Significant World Events Of 2014
Every year has its share of significant world events. Two thousand fourteen is no exception. Here is my list of the top ten most significant events of the year.You may want to read what follows...
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Here Are 6 Possible Nightmare Scenarios For 2015 In Asia
A terrorist attack on US soil, an armed confrontation in the South China Sea, and a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia are just three of the 34 geopolitical risks that the Council on Foreign Relations...
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The Hackers' New Threats Show Just How Unique The Cyber Attack On Sony Has Been
The group claiming to be behind the Sony hack has stepped up its campaign of intimidation by threatening to carry out terrorist attacks against movie theaters, media outlets report, citing a message...
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The Navy Made A Huge Mistake When It Killed This Next-Generation Battleship
The US Navy’s DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers are extraordinarily expensive. Since 2009, the cost of the ships has increased 34.4 percent, according to the Congressional Research Service. Each of the...
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India Just Tested A Submarine Capable Of Firing Nuclear Warheads From Sea
India's nuclear capabilities may have taken a major step forward.On Monday, India began sea trials of its first nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), according to USNI news. The Arihant, a 112...
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Afghan Spy Chief: We're Screwed After Western Troops Leave
The departure of most foreign troops from Afghanistan has left an intelligence-gathering vacuum that facilitates Taliban attacks, the head of the Afghan spy agency said Wednesday.Summoned to parliament...
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Russia Has Surpassed The US In The Production Of Combat Aircraft
According to the Joint Stock Company UAC (United Aircraft-building Corporation), Russia produced more combat aircraft than the US in 2014.As reported by Russian media outlets, Vladislav Goncharenko,...
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The Pentagon Once Considered False-Flag Attacks To Justify An Invasion Of Cuba
The US is moving towards ending its 50-year political and economic embargo on Cuba, a breakthrough in American relations with the island nation. But at the height of the Cold War, the US was panicked...
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The Army Is Launching A Pair Of Billion-Dollar Surveillance Blimps Over I-95
Next week, residents in the Baltimore area will wake up to a major surprise: Two massive Army airships that will be visible from Interstate 95 for the next three years.Tethered at the Army's Aberdeen...
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The US Actually Allows Russian Planes To Spy In America — Here's Why
Last week, a Russian military reconnaissance aircraft conducted an aerial inspection of US military sites in California and Nevada and intercontinental ballistic missile silos across the Midwest.This...
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