What’s New The number of Chinese medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) has increased by about 300 in just over a year, the Pentagon revealed in its report last week. They are capable of striking United States military bases in Japan during a potential conflict over Taiwan. Newsweek has contacted the defense ministries in Beijing and Tokyo
This article is the twenty-third edition of the Advent of Patterns series. In this series, running from December 1st to December 24th 2024, I will document one design or programming pattern I have noticed recently. Read more about this series. When I was designing Artemis, a calm web reader, I started to reflect on the
FILE PHOTO: A Chinese Coast Guard ship with hull number 4203 is seen closely shadowing the convoy of Filipino fishing boats and a Philippine Coast Guard ship, on May 16, 2024, less 80 Nautical Miles from the island of Luzon, in the Philippines. Getty The Philippines said Monday it planned to acquire the U.S. Typhon
For Tehran, which has been under economic and geopolitical pressure from US President Joe Biden’s administration, the deal marked a diplomatic breakthrough and a potential opportunity to end isolation, with Beijing’s help. However, with the downfall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, and the catastrophic loss of Hamas and Hezbollah during its war against Israel, Tehran faces
The emerging US-China Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) rivalry could face a major policy transformation, as the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) recommends a Manhattan Project-style initiative and restrictions on humanoid robots in its latest report to Congress. Released in November 2024, the Commission’s annual report outlined 32 recommendations that could fundamentally alter how the two countries
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What’s New China’s Navy has significantly closed the gap with its U.S. counterpart in vertical launch system (VLS) missile cells, now boasting more than half the U.S. Navy’s total, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Why It Matters Vertical launch systems, introduced on U.S. Navy ships in the 1980s, are modular compartments
The Yi Peng 3 had been anchored in the international waters of the Kattegat strait between Sweden and Denmark Mikkel Berg Pedersen Text size Beijing on Monday promised to continue “cooperation” with regional authorities over a Chinese ship linked to the recent severing of two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea. Sections of two telecom
