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Eastern Arsenal
China’s ambiguous missile strategy is risky
The problematic approach involves weapons systems that could be either nuclear or conventional.
P.W. Singer and Ma Xiu
May 11, 2020
China’s version of GPS is almost complete. Here’s what that means.
It’s called BeiDou, and it’s key for the military, tech industry, and more.
P.W. Singer and Taylor A. Lee
China’s missile force is growing at an unprecedented rate
The nation appears to have introduced 11 new missile brigades since May 2017.
P.W. Singer and Ma Xiu
Here’s China’s massive plan to retool the web
The most ambitious project of mass control is the country’s “social credit” system. All Chinese citizens will receive a numerical score reflecting their “trustworthiness."
By
P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking
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China’s super-sized space plans may involve help from Russia
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China launched two more massive Type 055 warships
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s latest quantum radar could help detect stealth planes, missiles
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s destructive laser rifle has a half-mile range
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
Meet China’s growing fleet of automated delivery drones
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s hypersonic military projects include spaceplanes and rail guns
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
These are China’s new underwater drones
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China is converting old Soviet tanks into autonomous vehicles
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
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China teases its new stealth bomber
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
Here’s China’s plan to compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s opening a factory to build engines for hypersonic missiles and spaceplanes
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
And now, a ship that can mine 39,000 tons of ore from a mile under water
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China has big plans for a modern bomber
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China is building drone planes for its aircraft carriers
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China is using furnaces to manufacture 10 billion tons of rain
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s new stealth fighter uses powerful materials with geometry not found in nature
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
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A Chinese shipbuilder accidentally revealed its major navy plans
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s hypersonic aircraft would fly from Beijing to New York in two hours
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China is building the world’s largest facility for robot ship research
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s J-20 stealth fighter jet has officially entered service
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
Is China’s space laser for real?
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China shot down another missile in space
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
This people-moving drone has completed more than 1,000 test flights
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
China’s working on the next generation of military exoskeleton. Here’s what it can do.
By
Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer
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