The Trump administration should expand the United States’ weapons arsenal, international partnerships and signaling to counter China’s rising influence globally and deter the People’s Liberation Army as its 2027 deadline for being ready to invade Taiwan approaches, U.S. analysts and a lawmaker said this week. Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted one of his nation’s largest-ever…
Chinese scientists have developed a high-speed infrared sensor inspired by the fire beetle. This breakthrough could one day power a new generation of surveillance systems, potentially outmatching the US military’s planned “Golden Dome” missile defense shield. Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with Tongji University, say…
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon has successfully tested a long-range radar in Alaska that can detect missile threats from Russia or China, and could someday serve as a sensor in the Golden Dome missile defense shield. The Long Range Discrimination Radar successfully acquired, tracked, and reported missile target data, the Pentagon said on…