Space militarist China charges U.S. Space Force threatens ‘space security’

Space militarist China charges U.S. Space Force threatens ‘space security’

FPI / May 23, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Chinese Propaganda Axiom: Always accuse your enemy of the offensive behavior or even crimes that you are committing while refusing to talk/negotiate with your enemy. In 2006 the United States accused China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of testing ground-based laser weapons against U.S. satellites, for which […]

First, Mischief Reef; Now China plans space launch center In Malaysia

First, Mischief Reef; Now China plans space launch center In Malaysia

FPI / May 9, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Thirty years ago in early 1995, Chinese paramilitary naval forces began a crucial phase in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) objective to impose its control over the South China Sea, clearing the way to secure global hegemony and also, hegemony in space. In those early months […]

Cryptic releases reveal China’s future heavy space launch vehicle inspired by SpaceX

Cryptic releases reveal China’s future heavy space launch vehicle inspired by SpaceX

FPI / May 2, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher April 24 was an active day for the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC); It successfully launched its 20th Shenzhou manned space capsule mission atop its 3.35-meter diameter Long March-3F space launch vehicle (SLV). New information that surfaced the same day affirmed that its future […]

China leaks new clues on aggressive manned Moon schedule

China leaks new clues on aggressive manned Moon schedule

FPI / April 25, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Without having to respond to a free press or an inquisitive legislature, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is free to define government transparency as it pleases, usually minimally in order to deny critical insights to adversaries looking to defend themselves from CCP aggression. This is case […]

Suddenly budget-conscious, NASA eyes options for Mars sample return

Suddenly budget-conscious, NASA eyes options for Mars sample return

FPI / April 18, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher In December 2017, President Donald Trump revived the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) manned mission to the Moon after it had been cancelled by President Barack Obama in 2010. Then, in his Jan. 20, 2025 inauguration speech, Trump lifted NASA’s goals higher by declaring, “And […]

Space Force issues doctrine as basis for U.S. warfighting capabilities in space

Space Force issues doctrine as basis for U.S. warfighting capabilities in space

FPI / April 11, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher President Donald Trump’s first term establishment of the U.S. Space Force in December 2019 was a long-delayed response to China’s creation of a dual-use manned and unmanned military space capability. But a new Space Force Doctrine Document issued on April 4 now outlines the justification for […]

Space Force commander in Greenland ousted after her email undermined U.S. policy

Space Force commander in Greenland ousted after her email undermined U.S. policy

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News April 11, 2025 The commander of the U.S. Space Force’s Pituffik Space Base in Greenland has been relieved of duty after she sent an email to all personnel at the base after Vice President J.D. Vance’s recent visit distancing herself from President Donald Trump’s national security policy on […]

Vance visit spotlights strategic Arctic outpost: Pituffik U.S. Space Base

Vance visit spotlights strategic Arctic outpost: Pituffik U.S. Space Base

FPI / April 4, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher Vice President JD Vance’s visit to Pituffik Space Base in Greenland highlighted one of the U.S.’s lesser known but increasingly vital military facilities. Situated on Greeland’s remote northwest coast and positioned just 750 miles (1,200 km) north of the Arctic Circle and less than 1,000 miles […]