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Does Australia Need A Massive U.S. Naval Base?
Does Australia Need a Massive U.S. Naval Base? | RealClearDefense realcleardefense.com · by Euan Graham The U.S. Naval War College’s James Holmes, a strategist of serious stature, has suggested that the U.S. Navy should establish a ‘massive’ base in Australia. This isn’t Holmes’s first stab at this. His initial proposal, back in 2011, apparently received the ‘gimlet-eye’ treatment from […]
Australian Army Reveals Battlefield Secrets That Helped Defeat Islamic State
Excerpts: Major General Roger Noble spoke of the need to challenge the extremist narrative espoused by IS fighters in the bid to eradicate the terrorist group from Syria and Iraq. “It’s [more than] clearing cities, destroying targets, dropping bombs, the Western focus on kinetic fighting — it’s to defeat the idea,” he said. … The […]
China Could Overwhelm U.S. Military In Asia In Hours, Australian Report Says
If our/U.S. allies in the Pacific really believe this — then there may be more urgency on their part to develop a nuclear weapons capability. RCP, fortunascorner https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/20/asia/australia-china-us-military-report-intl-hnk/index.html China could overwhelm US military in Asia in hours, Australian report says By Brad Lendon, CNN Updated 10:25 AM ET, Tue August 20, 2019 Hong Kong (CNN)The US military […]
Stealing A March: Chinese Hybrid Warfare In The Indo-Pacific; Issues And Options For Allied Defense Planners
Volume 1 can be downloaded here: https://csbaonline.org/uploads/documents/Stealing_a_March_Final.pdf Volume 2 (Case Studies) can be downloaded here: https://csbaonline.org/uploads/documents/Stealing_a_March_Annex_Final.pdf Stealing a March: Chinese Hybrid Warfare in the Indo-Pacific; Issues and Options for Allied Defense Planners https://csbaonline.org/research/publications/stealing-a-march-chinese-hybrid-warfare-in-the-indo-pacific-issues-and-options-for-allied-defense-planners July 24, 2019 Ross Babbage Resources: Strategy & Policy Volumes 1 & 2: Stealing a March: Chinese Hybrid Warfare in the Indo-Pacific: Issues and Options for Allied […]
Secretary Of Defense Esper: U.S. To Soon Put Intermediate Range Missile In Asia
Excerpts: Some Pentagon estimates have suggested that a low-flying cruise missile with a potential range of about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) could be flight-tested this month and be ready for deployment in 18 months. A ballistic missile with a range of roughly 3,000 to 4,000 kilometers (1,860 to 2,490 miles) could take five years or […]
A Thucydides Fallacy: The New Model Of Power Relations For Southeast Asia, the U.S. And China
Excerpts: In response, Bonnie Glaser — an American scholar and Asia observer — warned the region to “not draw a false equivalence between U.S. and Chinese actions.” Glaser suggested “the choice that Southeast Asia must make is not between the U.S. and China,” but “between a future in which there are shared rules and norms […]
Gen. Mark Milley: China Is Main National Security Challenge For Next 50 To 100 Years
Gen. Mark Milley: China Is Main National Security Challenge for Next 50 to 100 Years 47 China Photos/Getty Images Kristina Wong 11 Jul 2019122 5:02 China is the United States’ main national security challenge for the next 50 to 100 years, the Army general picked to become the top military officer in the United States […]
Australia Planning New Port In North For Use By U.S. Marines
Australia planning new port in north for use by US Marines: report France 24 · June 24, 2019 ADVERTISING Sydney (AFP) Australia is planning to build a new deep-water port on its northern coast able to accommodate US Marine deployments as part of efforts to counter China’s growing presence in the region, the ABC reported Monday. […]
Satellite Imagery Reveals Chinese Navy’s War Games For A Possible Attack On Taiwan
David Maxwell Comment: “I would say more than just corvettes and mine layers. But the asymmetric defense strategy is key (air land, and sea – and the land is especially suitable for asymmetric defense concepts – the terrain of Taiwan could be a “blackhole” with the proper defenses – assuming the PLA can even get […]
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