China expands its amphibious forces in challenge to U.S. supremacy beyond Asia
China launched its military build-up in the mid-1990s with a top priority: keep the United States at bay in any conflict by
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How hot could US-China ‘Cold War’ get?
Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold War. Experts see
Could the U.S. Navy Replace Ships Fast Enough in a War with China?
The United States could lose a Western Pacific naval war because Communist China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) can regenerate combat power more
Report to Congress on Columbia-class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
The Columbia (SSBN-826) class program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to
The United States Has a China Containment Plan
[The United States] has announced a new strategic approach to China. The move has been interpreted as an escalation into a new
China develops weapons to fry US electric grid, eyes high-tech ‘Pearl Harbor’ attack
With the help of stolen U.S. technology, China has developed at least three types of high-tech weapons to attack the electric grid
A Crisis Is Brewing Between India and China. But This Time There Is a Big Difference.
America has inserted itself deeper into the China-India-Pakistan triangle, altering the shape of the regional order, pushing it toward a bipolar one
United States Defense Space Strategy Summary
The Department of Defense (DoD) is embarking on the most significant transformation in the history of the U.S. national security space program.
Live nuclear testing could resume in ‘months’ if needed, official says
A live nuclear test could be arranged within “months” if requested by the president, a top defense department nuclear official said Tuesday,
Report to Congress on Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons
Recent debates about U.S. nuclear weapons have questioned what role weapons with shorter ranges and lower yields can play in addressing emerging
Will Russia Be the Real Loser in the New U.S.-China Cold War?
China found itself in the international wilderness after its suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student protests. The violent crackdown elicited widespread
China Has No Reason to Make a Deal on Nuclear Weapons
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has informed his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, that any future agreement on nuclear-arms control between the U.S.