Drones continue to move toward the center of U.S. warfare, emerging as a major spending priority and a go-to solution for almost every defense challenge—most especially in a conflict with China. Networked drone swarms proved decisive in a recent Air… Read More ›

Month: February 2023
Taking the air out of China’s spy balloon hubbub
The US military shot down what US officials called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, 2023. Officials said that the US Navy planned to recover the debris, which is in shallow water. The… Read More ›
The Battle of the Balloon and missing Stanislav Petrov
By now every human being on the planet is aware of the ‘Chinese Balloon Saga’ in some form or the other. In a week, the spy balloon traveled leisurely over various U.S. sensitive sites. It did surveillance, hovered, and maneouvered… Read More ›
China Coast Guard ‘harassed’ Philippine counterpart, security expert says
The Chinese coast guard was again on Tuesday accused of “tailing and harassing” Philippine law enforcement ships in the South China Sea, possibly due to Manila’s recently announced security agreements with Washington, a maritime security expert said. China Coast Guard… Read More ›
Time to reduce India’s dependence on China
My latest video covers all important “Rare Earth Elements” (To turn the English subtitles on pause the video and press the double CC symbol on top, press enable subtitles, again press the CC symbol, and select the English translation) Do… Read More ›