Geostrategy-Direct In indicting two Iranian hackers who allegedly created the SamSam ransomware, the United States for the first time placed bitcoin addresses on its sanctions list. The bitcoin addresses (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was hacked during the 2018 midterm elections after hiring the same cyber firm that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) used to investigate (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Japan is said to be considering turning its helicopter carrier into an aircraft carrier in order to accommodate F-35 stealth fighters. Such a converson would bolster Japan’s defense (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct A pair of China’s J-20s on Nov. 11 performed a demonstration flight at the nation’s largest aviation expo with their missile bays open, showing off the stealth fighters’ (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China is preparing for an invasion of Taiwan “from a 360 degree perspective” which includes a “Fifth Column” of pro-China supporters living on the self-ruled island who would (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct China is aiming to, by the early 2020s, deploy drone submarines that could carry out stealth attacks on U.S. ships, including aircraft carriers, the official military newspaper of (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Recent unusual moves by a Russian satellite have raised concerns in Washington that Moscow could be developing a “combat laser system” in space, a senior Trump administration official (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct For the first time since World War II, Japan has sent a submarine to the South China Sea. The Kuroshio submarine last month joined Japan’s newest helicopter-carrying destroyer, (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct North Korea is engaged in “hybrid warfare” which has seen the Kim Jong-Un regime swing like a pendulum between hostility and charm offensives, military sources said. Pyongyang used (more…)