On Aug. 10, 2020, a video surfaced on the internet of Indian Army troops using various tools to smash Chinese military vehicles made by state-owned manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Corporation. The video was released on the internet at the height of tensions between China and India in the Ladakh region in June 2020. A Chinese internet … Continued
There aren’t a lot of places in the world that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency hasn’t been. Communist China became one of those places almost as soon as the agency was created. But for the Dalai Lama, they made an exception. For much of the CIA’s formative years, it was locked in a struggle to … Continued
With China growing more aggressive in maritime territorial disputes in the East China Sea, there is a growing chance, albeit still very small…
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In August, China launched two ballistic missiles that, according to a Chinese military expert, hit a moving target ship in the South China Sea thousands of miles from their launch sites. If true, the test — which came a month after the US deployed two carrier strike groups to the region and a day after a US U-2 spy … Continued
It’s no secret that the only reason North Korea managed to survive so long after the fall of the Soviet Union is because of China’s patronage. There are a number of possible reasons it’s in China’s best interest to prop up the Hermit Kingdom. Lo…
The 2021 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), has recognized China’s rise as a global military and economic power. Resultantly, it includes the Pacific Defense Initiative (PDI) which is hoped to deter China’s rise. The Pentagon has recognized that both China and Russia will be the military’s potential near-peer adversaries for the foreseeable … Continued
Over the last two decades, special-operations forces have become the go-to choice for policymakers and military leaders around the world. The successes of US and coalition special-operations units in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) and in Syria against ISIS have showcased the importance and utility of small teams of highly trained troops. While the … Continued
As the US military is focusing on the Russian and Chinese threat, the Arctic becomes an ever more important region. The bountiful natural resources reportedly existing under the <a href="https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/american-pirates-us-privateers-c…
As they’re now America’s two top rivals, it’s easy to forget that China and Russia aren’t allies and actuall…