“Given our poor record against the Chinese,” a former senior intelligence official said, “maybe we should start with good tradecraft and attention to CI [counterintelligence]. Basics. There is no silver bullet.”
By Colin ClarkA flight-proven tiltrotor and advanced helicopter are the optimum solutions for transformational air assault and attack/recon.
By Barry Rosenberg“We have been candid with our Israeli friends over risks to our shared national security interests and will continue these discussions in the appropriate venues,” the State Department told Breaking Defense.
By Arie EgoziThe Chinese flights are not likely to abate any time soon, Dean Cheng, a top Chinese military expert at the Heritage Foundation, says.
By Colin ClarkThe bill also requires the IC to share information with the Defense Department’s Unexplained Aerial Phenomena Task Force.
By Brad D. WilliamsWASHINGTON: The first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the so-called Quad — Australia, India, Japan and the United States — has spawned several initiatives designed to help moderate or crack the hold China has on certain technologies, including semiconductor chips and 5G networks. It also includes a new civil space initiative and an…
By Colin ClarkThe head of Pacific Air Force said he had no objections to India buying Russia’s S-400 system “in the current environment.” But — and this is a big but — he said India’s action “will perhaps affect a future purchase by India, if they were interested in purchasing other defense equipment from us. But that’s out of my lane, and I don’t really talk about that, because it’s tomorrow stuff.”
By Colin ClarkNotably, Slife called out the need to operate in and around “an island environment that is not serviced by a major fixed operating base runway.”
By Aaron MehtaAnalysts say the trilateral defense pact could set precedents and become a 20-year endeavor for the countries involved.
By Justin Katz“This does not mean there are not constructive areas of engagement with China,” Australia Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Marise Payne said at the State Department today. She then noted that “US leadership within the Indo-Pacific remains indispensable.”
By Colin ClarkA US official called the move the “biggest strategic step Australia has taken in generations.”
By Aaron Mehta and Colin ClarkOne senior official said he wants his agency to have the urgency about China the way the US had urgency about counterterrorism after 9/11.
By Brad D. Williams
With Washington demonstrating little competency or reliability, Beijing is likely to press countries to include Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications corporations in their 5G networks, lest they alienate Beijing.
By Dean Cheng