Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher From Aug. 23 to Sept. 7, the Pakistan Air Force and China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) held the largest and most sophisticated of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In a stark demonstration that Mother Nature can pose a formidable and unexpected obstacle to potential Chinese plans to achieve “unification by force” with Taiwan, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher A Panel of Experts gave a report to the United Nations Security Council on Aug. 27, with an Annex at the end of the 141-page (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher TAIPEI — During a meeting here on Aug. 26, a source close to the leadership of the government of Taiwan told Geostrategy-Direct of fears that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Japan is considering beginning the development of a “killer satellite.” The satellite would be capable of missions to protect Tokyo’s satellites and to deter space (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The upcoming annual Japanese Defense White Paper will disclose the Japanese estimate that North Korea has “achieved” miniaturization of their nuclear warheads, according to Japanese (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Aug. 15, the Trump administration informally told the U.S. Congress that it had approved the $8 billion sale of Lockheed-Martin F-16V fighters to Taiwan, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese web pages have revealed tantalizing indications of China’s pursuit of stealth combat aircraft. On Aug. 7 images were posted of a strip of pins (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Aug. 8 and 9, satellite images were released on Chinese web pages showing weapons gathered for the Oct. 1 People’s Republic of China 70th (more…)
