Day: April 3, 2023

The Department of Defense will open four new strategic military sites in the Philippines to enhance the U.S. military’s readiness and responsiveness in the region as China’s aggression, posturing, and military buildup in the region continues. The new locations mark an expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the two countries, which allows…

The United States should adjust its strategies and programs based on the performance of the Russian and Ukrainian militaries in their ongoing struggle to avoid learning the wrong lessons for a future fight, according to one U.S. general. By attempting to learn wholesale from Ukraine, the U.S. military could be setting itself up for failure…

The cost of renaming nine Army bases that included Confederate references has nearly doubled, according to an Army official. The projected cost stands at $39 million, according to Lt. Gen. Kevin Vereen, Army deputy chief of staff for installations. Last year, the Naming Commission estimated the cost would be approximately $21 million. “The Army is trying…

A popular platform for generating lifelike images with artificial intelligence has banned users from creating images of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The founder of the service, Midjourney, said that privilege was carved out for the increasingly authoritarian leader because the service could be banned in China if it is used to make satirical images at…

On March 29, Brazil’s government announced it would start using local currency and China’s yuan for financial transactions between the two nations. While pragmatic on the surface, some say the move indicates China’s push to end the U.S. dollar’s dominance, particularly in the Americas. The decision occurred in lockstep with Beijing’s increased demand for commodities from the…

A Fighter Jet Takes Off for an Airstrike on Syria Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, Gab TV, GETTR, Truth Social On Sunday, Israeli fighter jets launched yet another attack on Syria, this time focused on a number of targets in Homs. The attack was launched from Lebanese airspace, according to the Syrian state news agency SANA. Five Syrian Arab…

Two current senior US officials and one former senior administration official are asserting the Chinese spy balloon collected intelligence from sensitive military sites as it traversed the country and sent it back to Beijing in “real-time.” At the time of the incident, the Biden administration claimed that it was trying to block it from doing…

United States military officials have admitted that a Chinese spy balloon which infiltrated U.S. air space earlier this year gathered critical intelligence on military assets. Senior U.S. officials and a former Biden administration official concluded that the balloon, which entered Alaskan airspace in February and idled for days over the Malmstrom Air Force Base in…

Chinese Spy Balloon Gained Intel On US Military Sites, Transmitted To Beijing In Real Time US officials say the verdict is finally in after the government probe into the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4. While Beijing has long insisted it was a benign unmanned civilian airship that…

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Ukrainian officials say about two dozen civilians were killed and wounded as Russia continued its shelling of civilian-populated areas in the east and south of the country. At least three civilians were killed and eight wounded in Russian shelling of…