Long March-10B success challenges U.S. reusable SLV advantage
Geostrategy-Direct, July 14, 2026 By Richard Fisher The video showed the big rocket’s first stage in recovery, then a huge crowd of people erupt in cheers — it was (more…)
How to answer Beijing’s ‘strategic breakout’? Senators Markey, Sanders propose ‘SANE Act’
Dossier: U.S. Arms Control Policy Geostrategy-Direct, July 14, 2026 Without mentioning any specific country, a pair of leftist U.S. senators last September proposed what they call the “SANE Act,” (more…)
Iran regime uses week-long Khamenei funeral to mount strategic comeback
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 A battered Iran’s strategy for regain regional clout started with the long-delayed funeral for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The leadership in Teheran invited (more…)
China, Russia, North Korea challenge U.S. deterrent with nuclear coercion exercises
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 By Richard Fisher China and Russia held an aerial nuclear coercive exercise with nuclear capable bombers on Jun 27. But then, from July 3 to (more…)
China’s first-strike nuclear capability? Submarine-launched missile triggers ‘breakout’ alarm
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 The Pentagon has warned that communist China’s rapid expansion of its nuclear forces is a “breakout” requiring an immediate response and seemingly having no end. (more…)
CCP at 105: Having eliminated rivals, Xi Jinping goes global with military might
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 Speaking on the 105th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on July 1, party leader Xi Jinping projected the ruling party’s growing global influence (more…)
New ‘fixed’ multiple missile launch system in China’s northwest called ‘ominous’
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 Satellite imagery from a desert location near the Chinese city of Jilantai identified unusual fortified structures with retractable roofs that were assessed by analysts as (more…)
Masters at obfuscation: Hamas hints at ‘dissolution’ as Trump plan advances
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 The Hamas Emergency Committee, the official name of the de facto governmental body that has administered the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades, said it (more…)
NASA’s Isaacman: China’s ‘Taikonauts’ to the Moon early — by 2029
Geostrategy-Direct, July 7, 2026 By Richard Fisher The latest United States goal is to put Astronauts back on the Moon by 2028, potentially in two Moon landings that year. (more…)