Geostrategy-Direct More than a year after Turkey was kicked out of the U.S. F-35 program, Turkish manufacturers are still reportedly part of the supply chain for the stealth fighter. (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher After about a decade China has resumed testing of its reusable space plane, launching on Sept. 4 what Xinhua called a “reusable experimental spacecraft.,” that (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration announced it will create 12 new research centers to focus on artificial intelligence and quantum information technology. The White House said it plans to invest (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Having sought to purchase new F-16 fighters since 2005, on Aug. 14 Taiwan and the United States completed a contract for Taiwan to purchase 66 (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct Excerpts from analysis by Jacqueline N. Deal, U.S. Army War College Quarterly By dividing the United States internally and from allies and partners, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) political (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct The U.S. Air Force simulated electronic attack missions in an exercise on Aug. 4 to Aug. 6 which included the use of the highly classified RQ-170 surveillance drone (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Recent Chinese and American statements, plus a sobering assessment of Russia’s potential nuclear weapons buildup, points to a potential period of superpower nuclear weapons buildup (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On July 21, U.S. Navy Admiral Phil Davidson, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said that his “number one priority” is to obtain the land-based (more…)
Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In addition to reported plans to build up to six large aircraft carriers, on July 18 and 19, information revealed on Chinese military issue web (more…)