FPI / October 4, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The seriousness of China’s buildup to its first manned Moon mission, perhaps before 2030, was emphasized by three recent revelations: A new Lunar manned spacesuit; a new facility to simulate low gravity lunar landings; and a proposal for “cyclotron” low-cost launch of payloads from the Moon […]
FPI / September 20, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher U.S. Space Force Commander Gen. B. Chance Saltzman used his Sept. 17 keynote address to the 2024 Air, Space, Cyber Symposium of the United States Air Force Association to highlight U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s imperative that the Space Force prepare for “Great Power Competition” […]
by WorldTribune Staff, September 15, 2024 Contract With Our Readers It was perhaps the ultimate fact check. Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris claimed during last week’s “debate” that, under the Biden-Harris administration, no U.S. military personnel were currently in combat zones. “As of today, there is not one member of the United States military who […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, September 8, 2024 The three-day visit of U.S. National Security advisor Jake Sullivan to Beijing had a clear message; “Don’t Rock the Boat.” Chinese/American relations remain very sensitive over trade tariffs, strategic issues, and Beijing’s continuing military threats to democratic Taiwan and the Philippines. The mutual political mistrust […]
FPI / August 28, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct For the first time in decades, the United States does not have an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. Despite rising tensions with China over disputed islands in the South China sea and a recent Chinese air incursion near Japan, the Biden administration ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 28, 2024 Who remembers Libya? Who recalls how we became embroiled in this civil war only then to quickly lose interest? But sadly, Americans vividly remember Benghazi and the horrible loss of a U.S. Consulate, the death of a respected U.S. diplomat, killing of three security personnel […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Former President Donald Trump, whose Afghanistan withdrawal plan was ignored by the Biden-Harris administration, was on hand at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday to mark the third anniversary of the botched Biden-Harris withdrawal in which 13 U.S. military servicemembers were killed in a terrorist attack […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 26, 2024 Contract With Our Readers (Editor’s note: On the 3rd anniversary of the botched Biden-Harris withdrawal from Afghanistan, WorldTribune.com offers excerpts from an Aug. 29, 2021 article titled “Tale of two Lieutenant Colonels speaking out against their chain of command“.) Two Lieutenant Colonels spoke out against their chain of command. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2024 Contract With Our Readers GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged he will reinstate all military personnel who were fired for refusing to take the Covid injection. During his rally in Asheboro, North Carolina, Trump said the rehired personnel will also receive back pay. “Kamala and Crooked Joe […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, August 15, 2024 The collapse of Afghanistan to the Taliban Islamic fundamentalists three years ago on Aug. 15th, signaled an inflection point on the geopolitical scene. While the appalling stupidity of the Biden/Harris Administration’s botched and humiliating withdrawal of American forces from this South Asian land stained and […]