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US Deploys Three Carrier Battle Groups To Face-Off Against Chinese Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea
US Deploys Three Carrier Battle Groups To Face-Off Against Chinese Aircraft Carrier In South China Sea Last week, we reported that satellite images had captured China’s only aircraft carrier in deployment, the Liaoning, flanked by 40 other warships and submarines, conducting unprecedented live-fire drills in the South China Sea. This massive Chinese naval exercise was observed […]
China Says US Warship Sailing Near Spratly Islands Is “Severe Provocation”
China Says US Warship Sailing Near Spratly Islands Is “Severe Provocation” After carrying out no fewer than four “Freedom of Navigation” operations last year and one in January, The US sent a Navy Destroyer to sail within 12 nautical miles of the Spratly Islands – a move that China condemned as a “severe provocation” just […]
According to the Doomsday Clock, the End Is Near
According to the Doomsday Clock, the End Is Near The hypothetical “Doomsday Clock” is closer to midnight – the hour of doom – than it has been since 1953, the year that the US and the USSR both tested hydrogen bombs at the beginning of the global nuclear arms race. The Bulletin of the Atomic […]
China Accuses US Warship Of “Trespassing” In Disputed Waters, Warns It To “Leave Immediately”
China Accuses US Warship Of “Trespassing” In Disputed Waters, Warns It To “Leave Immediately” In the first unofficial challenge to Beijing over China’s domination of disputed waters in the South China Sea since President Trump took office, a US navy warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of an artificial island built up by China in […]
Australia more vulnerable than ever to fuel import disruptions
Australia more vulnerable than ever to fuel import disruptions This is because after the closure of 3 oil refineries in Sydney and Brisbane fuel imports have skyrocketed and these additional imports come from and pass through an area where there are high tensions now: the South China Sea and Korea. Fig 1: USS Carl Vinson […]
China Opposes “Threatening And Damaging” US Carrier Patrols In South China Sea
China Opposes “Threatening And Damaging” US Carrier Patrols In South China Sea One day after the US announced it had dispatched the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group in the contested South Chine Sea on “routine” patrols (through a post on the aircraft carrier’s Facebook page), China responded and predictably, it wasn’t thrilled. In a statement by the […]
Only ‘large-scale war’ would allow US to block Beijing from S. China Sea islands, state media warns
Only ‘large-scale war’ would allow US to block Beijing from S. China Sea islands, state media warns Chinese ship and helicopter in the Paracel Islands, which is known in China as Xisha Islands, South China Sea. © Stringer / Reuters Chinese state media has warned that the US would have to launch a “large-scale war” […]
Four Flash Points That Could Trigger World War III: “We Have Not Been This Close To Nuclear War In A Long Time”
Four Flash Points That Could Trigger World War III: “We Have Not Been This Close To Nuclear War In A Long Time” As can readily be seen by the current events, the world has not been this close to a nuclear war and World War 3 in a long time. There are four major flashpoints […]
China Threatens To Leave UN Sea Convention If Court Invalidates Maritime Claims
China Threatens To Leave UN Sea Convention If Court Invalidates Maritime Claims As an arbitration court in The Hague gets ready to make a decision regarding an ongoing territorial dispute between China and the Philippines, China has reportedly told some other Asian countries that it may leave the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea if it disagrees with […]
Xi warns Obama against threatening China’s sovereignty & national interests
Xi warns Obama against threatening China’s sovereignty & national interests US President Barack Obama(not shown) and China’s President Xi Jinping take part in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on March 31, 2016 in Washington, DC. © Mandel Ngan / AFP China has warned […]
Japan’s Finance Minister Accidentally Reveals How It All Ends: “War”
Japan’s Finance Minister Accidentally Reveals How It All Ends: “War” While this all started with a currency “war,” it seems – according to a stunningly candid transcript of Japan’s finance minister’s conversation with none other than Paul Krugman – that the real endgame here is actual war. Aso remarked that “a similar [deflationary mindset] had occurred in the […]
Peak oil in the South China Sea (part 1)
Peak oil in the South China Sea (part 1) The recent deployment of missile launchers and jet fighters on Woody Island of the Paracel islands have put the spotlight on the South China Sea (SCS). Fig 1: The 200 mile Economic Exclusion Zone claimed by China around Woody Island and the overlapping 108 nm range of the HQ-9 SAM […]
Missiles Just the Latest Chapter in the South China Sea Saga
Missiles Just the Latest Chapter in the South China Sea Saga With the recent placement of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on Woody Island, a subset of the Paracel Islands, China has taken a major step toward militarization of the South China Sea. The action was taken during the recent US-ASEAN “Sunnylands” Summit, where economics, […]
Defense Industry Revenue Forecast Gushes Over Global Turmoil
Defense Industry Revenue Forecast Gushes Over Global Turmoil The global aerospace and defense industry is out of its doldrums. According to a new report by the accounting firm Deloitte, “the resurgence of global security threats” promises a lucrative “rebound” in defense spending. The report alerts investors that “revenue growth” is “expected to take a positive turn” due […]
