Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 4, two United States Air Force Boeing B-52 Superfortress bombers entered Taiwan’s flight information reporting (FIR) zone with their automatic dependent surveillance (ADS) (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Iran revealed its concept for a new trimaran missile-armed frigate during a naval exhibition, apparently held on Nov. 9. However, the first images of this (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In mid-October the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) unveiled a new family of solid-fuel space launch vehicles. As the sole producer at present (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 1, Iranian Navy commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that China, Russia and Iran would hold military exercises in the Indian Ocean from (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese internet sources revealed in late November that new versions of the Shenyang-Liming WS-10 Taihang military turbofan engine had been used on production versions of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher During a Nov. 20 visit to Hanoi, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper emphasized U.S. opposition to China’s actions in the South China Sea, saying, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After nearly six months of at time violent protests, and despite torture, beatings and shooting by police, the citizens of Hong Kong have escalated their (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After departing the port of Dalian, where it was built, on Nov. 15, China’s second — and yet unnamed — aircraft carrier was by Nov. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher For the first time sources in China’s space industry reported that “some Chinese scientists have proposed a manned Mars mission before 2050.” This was revealed (more…)
