First off, when it comes to America’s carriers, it should be noted that no one really knows how deadly China’s anti-ship missiles, especially at long-ranges, would be in a real firefight. For example, can Beijing find a U.S. carrier in the massive Pacific Ocean? Can they defeat American missile defenses? And as for the case…
The announcement was cryptic, even garbled. On the federal government’s contracts-awarded site was an item: defense firm General Dynamics had been awarded a $9.9 million addition to a previous contract. The literal words of the announcement were that General Dynamics will “support and [sic] urgent material release and have first unit equipped on trophy installed…
The world is on the cusp of a dangerous hypersonic missile arms race, but three nations—Russia, China and the United States—have the power to stop it. That is the main conclusion of a new report released by the Rand Corporation, entitled, “Hypersonic Missile Nonproliferation: Hindering the Spread of a New Class of Weapons.” Hypersonic missiles…
In recent months there has much hysteria in Washington about Russia allegedly lowering its nuclear threshold and particularly about Moscow’s arsenal of non-strategic nuclear weapons. However, there is little evidence that Moscow has lowered its nuclear threshold—nor are there concrete figures available for how many non-strategic nuclear weapons the Kremlin has in its inventory. Non-Strategic…
Vice President Mike Pence said in a speech at the meeting of the National Space Council on Thursday that Russia and China are seeking anti-satellite technology to reduce the effectiveness of the U.S. military. “According to the U.S. intelligence community, Russia and China are pursuing a full-range of anti-satellite technology to reduce U.S. military effectiveness,…
Over the years, a variety of reports of turned up on the expected successor classes to Yamato. The next iteration would have been slightly larger, slightly more heavily armored, and would have carried six twenty-inch guns in three twin turrets, probably with roughly the same speed and range as Yamato. Designs for these ships were…
Is China’s arms export strategy really a success story? The first question is to establish whether there has been dramatic growth in China’s arms exports, emulating the success of its broader commercial exports. While the picture is not equivocal, there are signs that something is indeed happening. Chinese arms sales are growing. Across 2012–16, they…
