Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
April 11, 2023
TAIWAN NEWS
China ends Taiwan war games aimed at 'sealing off' island



Pingtan, China (AFP) April 10, 2023
China said it had "successfully completed" three days of war games around Taiwan on Monday, capping a show of force that saw it simulate targeted strikes and practise a blockade of the self-ruled island. Beijing's exercises were a response to Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week, an encounter it had warned would provoke strong countermeasures. After three days of exercises, the Chinese military said it had "successfully completed" tasks related ... read more

TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan detects Chinese warships, planes around island after drills end
Taipei (AFP) April 11, 2023
Chinese warships and aircraft were still operating around Taiwan on Tuesday, the island's defence ministry said, a day after Beijing declared an end to its massive war games. ... more
UAV NEWS
Turkey unveils its first drone carrier
Istanbul (AFP) April 10, 2023
Turkey on Monday unveiled an amphibious assault ship built to carry light aircraft and military drones. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Macron to visit Netherlands amid row over China comments
Amsterdam (AFP) April 11, 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron begins a state visit to the Netherlands on Tuesday featuring a speech on Europe that will be keenly watched after his controversial remarks on its ties with the US and China. ... more
CYBER WARS
US says document leak poses 'serious' security risk
Washington (AFP) April 10, 2023
The leak of highly sensitive US documents - many of them related to the Ukraine conflict - presents a "very serious" risk to US national security, the Pentagon said Monday. ... more
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ROCKET SCIENCE
Purdue offering new online Hypersonics Graduate Certificate
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
Purdue University, a wellspring for hypersonics research, is moving to help fill the need for people trained in the field with a new 100% online Hypersonics Graduate Certificate. The program is desi ... more
SPACEWAR
NRO awards contract extension to Kleos
Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 11, 2023
Kleos Space Inc. (Kleos), subsidiary of Kleos Space S.A. ASX: KSS, a space-powered defense and intelligence technology company, has been awarded the Stage Two option on its current contract with the ... more
MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
AFRL conducts first flight experiments for communications in terahertz band
Rome NY (SPX) Apr 10, 2023
Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, researchers successfully conducted flight experiments Dec. 2- 6, 2022, in Rome, New York to prove the viability of communications at radio frequencies above 3 ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Japan postpones H2A rocket launch after H3 failure
Tokyo, Japan (XBA) Apr 04, 2023
Japan will postpone an H2A rocket launch originally scheduled for May until August or later, the nation's space agency said on Friday. The decision was made as the rocket shares components in ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
ISRO conducts the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission
Chitradurga. India (SPX) Apr 04, 2023
ISRO successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka in the early hours o ... more
NUKEWARS
North Korean leader calls for more 'practical, offensive' war deterrence
Seoul (AFP) April 11, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for expanding the country's war deterrence capabilities in a "more practical and offensive" way, state media said Tuesday, to counter what it called "frantic" aggression by the United States and South Korea. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Japan says scrambled jets because of China aircraft carrier
Tokyo (AFP) April 10, 2023
Japan said Monday it had scrambled jets in recent days as Chinese fighter planes landed and took off from an aircraft carrier deployed near southern Japan and Taiwan. ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan's frontline islanders resigned in face of Chinese military might
Matsu , Taiwan (AFP) April 10, 2023
At a beach on a windswept Taiwanese archipelago just a few miles from mainland China, Lin Ke-qiang offers a gloomy prediction: should war ever break out with Beijing, his island does not stand a chance. ... more

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