China-made killer drone shot down in Yemen
Geostrategy-Direct The Houthi rebels in Yemen announced on July 14 that a Chinese made killer drone operated by the Saudi military had been shot down, marking the first time (more…)
After failed U.S. appeasement policy, 2018 RIMPAC aims to isolate China
Geostrategy-Direct The world’s largest multilateral naval exercise has a nearly certain target: China. The U.S. Navy-hosted biennial drill, codenamed RIMPAC, has for the first time included the navies from (more…)
China conducted missile drill simulating attacks on Taiwan’s presidential palace
Geostrategy-Direct China’s state media on June 23 launched a media blitz showcasing the Chinese Rocket Force’s latest missile exercise aimed at destroying Taiwan’s presidential palace and major defense facilities (more…)
By sailing through Taiwan Strait U.S. destroyers implement Trump’s strengthened policy
Geostrategy-Direct Two U.S. Navy’s capital ships sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait on July 7 sending an unmistakable warning to China. Significantly, the U.S. action also directly challenged the (more…)
U.S. rejects reduction of maximum pressure on North Korea
Geostrategy-Direct Visiting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on July 7 denied that the Trump administration had any plan or practice to reduce the maximum pressure on North Korea (more…)
Pompeo significantly toughens U.S. State Department’s stance on China
Geostrategy-Direct The newly-minted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is taking the U.S. State Department’s usually dovish and excessively conciliatory stance on China in a different direction, only weeks after (more…)
U.S. troops leave Seoul for new mega base, out of North Korean artillery range
Geostrategy-Direct For more than 7 decades, the U.S. military command in South Korea has called the Yongsan Garrison in the center of the densely populated capital city of Seoul (more…)
Amid tensions and uncertainty, Japan buys more U.S. missile defense radars
Geostrategy-Direct The Japanese government has purchased two new sets of the expensive ground-based Aegis Ashore radar system for its multi-billion dollar missile defense system against North Korea and China. (more…)
China escalates use of illegal laser ‘dazzlers’ against U.S. military pilots
Geostrategy-Direct The Pentagon is alarmed by China’s rapid increase in the use of weaponized laser devices to attack low-flying American military aircraft in the East China Sea. In May, (more…)