Guessing Game: It’s An Apache; It’s A Chinese Attack Helo; It’s A???

Guessing Game: It’s An Apache; It’s A Chinese Attack Helo; It’s A???
Guessing Game: It’s An Apache; It’s A Chinese Attack Helo; It’s A???

UPDATED: Latest Theory Is The Helo Is From Chinese Museum. No Proof. A photo of a helicopter that looks quite a bit like an American Apache AH-64 attack helicopter on a truck has surfaced in China. The experts agree on one thing: they aren’t sure what the aircraft is or what it portends. What do…

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China’s Fear Of US May Tempt Them To Preempt: Sinologists

Sun Tzu said: Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted. WASHINGTON: Because China believes it is much weaker than the United States, they are more likely to launch…

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China’s Dangerous Weakness, Part 1: Beijing’s Aggressive ‘Self-Defense’

China’s Dangerous Weakness, Part 1: Beijing’s Aggressive ‘Self-Defense’
China’s Dangerous Weakness, Part 1: Beijing’s Aggressive ‘Self-Defense’

WASHINGTON: From this city’s perspective, China looks like a rising giant, liable to dominate its smaller neighbors unless America stands firm. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will likely carry soothing words of reassurance on this very subject to Seoul and Tokyo when he travels there next week. From Beijing’s point of view, however, it is China…

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China Takes Baby Steps On Military Transparency; Blots Copybook Whining About Pacific Pivot

WASHINGTON: Even the grim, dark and powerful Soviet Union came to share fairly detailed information about the size and potency of its military to ensure nobody made a wrong step by over- or underestimating its military prowess. The current rising power, China, so far, has largely refused to share much information about either how its…

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The Untold Story Of Chinese Hacking: Outsourcing And Bonuses

WASHINGTON: The People’s Liberation Army regularly outsources its hacking, encouraging and co-opting young Chinese programmers to hack and steal information for the greater glory of China’s ruling elite and the state, Breaking Defense has learned. While very few people will discuss details of the operations, three sources with direct knowledge of the Chinese attacks say…

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‘Toxic Brew’ Leads To Worsening Chinese-Japanese Ties; More Protests Pledged

WASHINGTON: Relations between China and Japan continue to worsen as a Hong Kong Chinese group promised major protests in September. And two of America’s top Peoples Liberation Army analysts tell us things may well get worse, given the long-simmering enmities between the two countries and the “toxic brew” of the region’s unresolved territorial claims and…

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Defense, Deterrence Can Work In Cyberspace, But Don’t Forget Offense

CAPITOL HILL: Maybe cyberspace isn’t as fragile as it’s made out to be. “Relax, Chicken Little, the sky isn’t falling,” said Columbia professor Abraham Wagner. “Protection ultimately is easier than penetration.” Wagner’s argument reverses the conventional wisdom that the attacker always has the advantage online. A forthcoming study by the Cyber Conflict Studies Association, for…

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