New NASIC Report Appears Watered Down And Out Of Date January 19, 2021
The US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published a new version of its widely referenced Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat report.
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(The Other) Red Storm Rising: INDO-PACOM China Military Projection September 15, 2020
Click on image to download PDF-version of full briefing Some Missile Numbers Do Not Match Recent DOD China Report By Hans M.
Read moreOver the Line: The Implications of China’s ADIZ Intrusions in Northeast Asia August 17, 2020
This report uses data gathered from multilingual sources to explore China's motivations behind its systematic ADIZ intrusions as well as the implications for Japanese, South Korean, Taiwanese, and U.S. forces operating in Northeast Asia.
Read moreThe State Department’s Compliance Report Plays the Blame Game, Despite Offering Little Evidence June 24, 2020
The Trump administration clearly sees the Compliance Report as a tool to provide justification for shedding treaties.
Read moreChina’s New DF-26 Missile Shows Up At Base In Eastern China January 21, 2020
By Hans M. Kristensen Pictures taken recently by Maxar Technologies’ satellites show a large number of launchers for the DF-26 intermediate-range missile operating at a training site approximately 9 kilometers…
Read moreMilitary Might Takes Center Stage at Chinese 70-Year Anniversary Parade October 1, 2019
By Hans M. Kristensen The Chinese leadership used the 70-year anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China to display a dizzying amount of military hardware during a…
Read moreNew Missile Silo And DF-41 Launchers Seen In Chinese Nuclear Missile Training Area September 3, 2019
By Hans M. Kristensen Newly acquired satellite photos acquired from Digital Globe (Maxar) show that the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) is building what appears to…
Read moreNew Chinese White Paper Subtly Criticizes Trump’s Approach to Arms Control July 29, 2019
China's latest Defense White Paper calls out the US for "undermining global stability."
Read moreDIA Estimates For Chinese Nuclear Warheads May 31, 2019
By Hans M. Kristensen During a Hudson Institute conference on Russian and Chinese nuclear modernizations, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Lt. Gen. Robert Ashley said…
Read moreThe Pentagon’s 2019 China Report May 6, 2019
By Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda [Updated] The Pentagon has released its 2019 version of its annual report on China’s military developments. The report describes a Chinese…
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