Anduril's Manifesto: "Since World War II, America and its allies’ lead in military technology has been the pivotal factor in preventing World War III. The incumbent defense companies are unable to build the technology we…"
Young, hot upstarts want to shorten the kill chain with AI weapons
William Hartung
Jul 03, 2024 [earlier: https://tomdispatch.com/philosopher-kings-or-new-age-militarists/ ]]
...the approach advocated by Brose and his acolytes is going to make war more likely as technological hubris instills a belief that the United States can indeed “beat” a rival nuclear-armed power like China in a conflict, if only we invest in a nimble new high-tech force.
Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent years, satellite images obtained exclusively by CNN show, at a time when tensions between the three major nuclear powers have risen to their highest in decades.
General Laura Richardson at Aspen Institute , July 2022: U.S. Southern Command's commander said she's working to grow that neighborly feeling among the U.S. and Latin American and Caribbean nations.,
John ilpger , July 2020: The target is China. Today, more than 400 American military bases almost encircle China with missiles, bombers, warships and nuclear weapons.
"A fully functioning Gwadar port would be the most strategically devastating ‘pearl’ in China’s chain of naval bases. [...] Pakistan would, by going forward with its Sino-dependant long-term economic plans, become intricately bound to maintaining Chinese
by Kyoungeun Cha, who works for the Peace Network in South Korea."The U.S. and South Korean government are expanding their military alliance, and if the naval base on Jeju Island is set up, the U.S. navy will use the base to monitor China’s naval power. B
09TELAVIV2757 2009-12-22 09:09 SECRET Embassy Tel Aviv: MOD Political-Military Chief Amos Gilad described recent Russian cooperation on Iran as encouraging, but expressed reservations that Russia would join in any sanctions against Iran. He explained
Sammanlagt 40 kärnvapenprov genomfördes 1964–1996 vid testområdet inte långt från Lop Nor (den vandrande sjön som Sven Hedin beskrev från sina resor genom Taklamakanöknen). Tio av dem var ytexplosioner. Kärnladdningarna var då monterade på ståltorn, och vid explosionerna förde eldbollarna upp stora mängder sand och jord högt upp i atmosfären. Materialet blandades med radioaktiva isotoper från kärnreaktionerna, och föll sedan sakta till marken som radioaktivt stoft. Nedfallen kunde ske dagar i sträck, och den radioaktiva askan kunde föras med vinden över tusen kilometer från testområdet. På den Kazakiska sidan av gränsen kunde ryska forskare tydligt registrera nedfallen från de kinesiska proven när vinden blåste åt det hållet.
Thursday, December 12, 2013 "Ukraine has served as a back channel for China to circumvent Russia’s intellectual property rights protections. In recent years, debt-ridden Kiev sold to Beijing hundreds of Russian-made aircraft engines to equip China’s JL-trainers and J-10 and J-11 combat aircraft — themselves knockoffs of Russia’s Sukoi fighter jets."
TheGuardian 17 April 'What is certain is that Barack Obama's rapacious coup in Ukraine has ignited a civil war and Vladimir Putin is being lured into a trap.' On 23 April, Obama will begin a tour of Asia to promote his "pivot" to China. The aim is to convince his "allies" in the region, principally Japan, to rearm and prepare for the possibility of war with China. By 2020, almost two-thirds of all US naval forces in the world will be transferred to the Asia-Pacific area. This is the greatest military concentration in that vast region since the second world war.