Chairman Xi Jinping has destroyed the careers of more than 100 top-ranking generals since taking power in 2012. Now, even his own appointees to China’s most sensitive force – the nuclear Rocket Force – have fallen foul of a new purge. The two leading generals of the People’s Liberation ArmyContinue Reading
China blew up the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, with hypersonic missiles in a menacing simulation — which Chinese researchers say proves the US Navy warship could be “destroyed with certainty”. Using a war game simulation system, China’s military forces sank the carrier fleet using aContinue Reading
US Congress appears to be getting cold feet over giving Australia one of its most secret weapons. Meanwhile, it’s pressing ahead with plans to redesign its nuclear submarines to suit America’s specific needs – not Australia’s. The Congressional Research Service report, Navy Virginia Class Attack Submarine Procurement: Background and IssuesContinue Reading
The first of Australia’s $368 billion nuclear submarine fleet won’t be operational before the 2040s. But China’s not sitting idly by. Reports suggest it is already actively working to “seal off” Taiwan and the South China Sea from all unwanted underwater intruders. Taiwan’s Institute of National Defence and Security ResearchContinue Reading
It’s not exactly “best practice”. But the promotional banners displayed by Chinese defence contractors have a history of revealing new projects. It appears their next-generation nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is no exception. Corporate images from the state-owned Jiangnan Changxing Shipyard in Shanghai are circulating on China’s internal social media platforms. WhatContinue Reading
The wife of a detained Australian citizen and former fighter pilot says he’s a “shadow” of his former self as he suffers through ongoing incarceration. Daniel Edmund Duggan, 54, has been held at the maximum security Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre in Sydney’s western suburbs since his arrest in OctoberContinue Reading
A Chinese national has been sentenced to eight years in prison for spying on the US. Ji Chaoqun reportedly embedded himself in the US after enrolling as a student 10 years ago and has since been passing high-value information back to Beijing. The US Justice Department said Ji came toContinue Reading