Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China recently conducted a flight test of a new missile capable of knocking out U.S. satellites as part of Beijing’s growing space warfare arsenal. The test of a Dong Neng-3 exoatmospheric vehicle was carried out Oct. 30 from China’s Korla Missile Test Complex in western China, said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com The U.S. Navy’s USS Kentucky (SSBN-737), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, launched an unarmed Trident missile as part of a test over the weekend in the Pacific Ocean. The Pentagon released a statement late Saturday confirming the scheduled test flight of the Trident II (D5) missile in the Pacific Test Range off […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon A Chinese attack submarine stalked the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan near Japan last month in the closest encounter between a carrier and a People’s Liberation Army Navy submarine since 2006, according to American defense officials. The Chinese submarine sailed very close to the Reagan during the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times Hundreds of international terrorists have changed their electronic communications operating procedures and can no longer be tracked by National Security Agency electronic spies, the NSA’s deputy director disclosed this week. NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett outlined the damage caused by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Rowan Scarborough, Washington Times In a war first, Syrian allies Russia and Iran have begun unleashing “suicide” drones that land and explode, presenting another challenge to rebels trying to oust the regime of president Bashar Assad. AP reported on Thursday that a Russian-owned broadcasting company is flying drones over the capital of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times House Republicans on Thursday plan on using an unexpected approach to questioning former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the much-anticipated hearing of the special congressional committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi terror attacks. Instead of focusing on Mrs. Clinton’s use of a private email […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China is developing a nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile as part of a military buildup of both its regional and long-range nuclear forces, according to a forthcoming congressional commission report. … The military buildup of high-tech weapons “makes clear that China seeks the capability to limit the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon Cyber crime originating from Russia and Eastern Europe is increasing in both scale and sophistication, according to a senior Italian police investigator. “The way cyber crime has changed criminality is the biggest challenge for us. It is a huge challenge to face this criminal phenomenon,” said Paolo […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times One of China’s key objectives for this week’s meeting between President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is the return of two Chinese men in the United States who may have access to some of Beijing’s innermost secrets. According to U.S. officials, the Chinese president […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon After initially refusing to provide details, the Pentagon on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese jet made an unsafe pass near a U.S. RC-135 surveillance jet last week. “I can confirm for you that the department’s reviewing a report that came in from [U.S. Pacific Command] regarding a […]