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PREVIEW: Colleague Rick Fisher presents the PRC's phased asteroid missions and also reports on the PRC ambition to dominate the solar system with men and machines. More on. august 1953. CLAUSE 4.0: Let me search for more information about China's broader solar system exploration strategy and Rick Fisher's analysis. China's Phased Asteroid Mission Strategy Bottom Line Up Front: China has developed an ambitious multi-phase approach to asteroid exploration and planetary defense, positioning itself as a major space power with systematic missions targeting asteroids, Mars, Jupiter, and potentially the outer solar system through 2050. Current Asteroid Missions (2025-2030) Tianwen-2 (2025): China will launch the Tianwen-2 mission to sample a near-Earth asteroid next year. The mission will first focus on sampling near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3). After delivering samples to Earth, the spacecraft will use our planet for a gravitational slingshot maneuver and set it on a course for main-belt comet 311P/PANSTARRS. SpaceNewsSpace Planetary Defense Test (2025-2030): China is planning its first mission to impact an asteroid in the name of planetary defense. The mission will serve a dual purpose: One craft will impact the asteroid while its partner observes the space rock to learn more about the solar system and its formation. SpaceSpace China wants to test changing the orbit of a potentially hazardous asteroid with an impactor spacecraft and also accurately measure how much its orbit is altered. China will launch 2-in-1 asteroid deflection mission in 2025 | Space Expanding Solar System Dominance Strategy Deep Space Exploration Roadmap: China's plans for exploring the outer Solar System are taking shape, with Jupiter's moon Callisto and one of the ice giants the main targets. PlanetarySpaceNews China has unveiled a long-term planetary exploration roadmap for planetary habitability and the search for extraterrestrial life. China to seek out life in the solar system as NASA faces cuts, commercial players expand ambitions - SpaceNews Tianwen-4 Jupiter Mission (2029): Zhu's outline of the mission sees a Tianwen-4 launch in September 2029. The spacecraft will use a flyby of Venus in 2030 plus further gravity assists from Earth in 2031 and 2033, to arrive at Jupiter in December 2035. China's plans for outer Solar System exploration Ice Giant Missions (2035-2050): Zhu provides a potential launch date of 2035 for a Uranus mission, arriving in orbit in 2050. If a Neptune mission is chosen instead, it would launch in 2040 and arrive in 2058. China's plans for outer Solar System exploration Infrastructure and Capabilities Development Planetary Defense Force: China is recruiting for a planetary defense force to combat the threat of asteroids colliding with Earth. The successful candidates will be required to research tasks related to near-Earth asteroid monitoring and early warning systems. Wanted: 3 asteroid watchers for China's 'planetary defense force' Advanced Detection Systems: The "compound eye," a 25-antennae network of radars, is under construction to bounce signals off deep space objects to determine their potential threat to Earth. The project is set to be completed in 2025. China targets its first planetary defense test mission Strategic Implications Rick Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, has been analyzing China's space ambitions extensively. Rick Fisher talks about China's growing space ambitions—from the Moon, to Mars, to asteroids. Throughout the program, Rick talked about Chinese space policy, goals, objectives, hardware, all of it, as tools of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and as an implement of the PLA (People's Liberation Army). NTDThespaceshow China's systematic approach includes not just exploration but potential dual-use capabilities, advanced manufacturing in space (including plans for a lunar base by the 2030s Space-Based Solar Power and 21st-Century Geopolitical Competition | RealClearDefense and space-based solar power), and the development of comprehensive planetary defense systems that could have both protective and offensive applications. This represents a coordinated strategy to establish Chinese leadership across the solar system through the combination of scientific exploration, resource utilization, and strategic positioning—what some analysts view as China's bid to become the dominant space power of the 21st century.
#PRC: Bunker. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on China's new military bunker. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 1890 Peking
Good Evening: The show begins in Mexico City where President Claudia Sheinaum seeks to negotiate with POTUS... 1915 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-9:15 PRC: Tariffs begin again to bite. Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 9:15-9:30 #TAIPEI: Sparkling: Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism 9:30-9:45 USN: Not ready by 2027 James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat 9:45-10:00 #PRC: Bunker. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill SECOND HOUR 10-10:15 DEI INDIA: Sadanand Dhume WSJ 10:15-10:30 The Shadow Fleet is the income. Michael Bernstam, Hoover. 10:30-10:45 #SPACE FORCE: Cyberattack and PRC. Annie Fixler FDD 10:45-11:00 IRAN: Murder in the Palace of Justice. Saeed Ghasseminejad, FDD THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 #NewWorldReport: Mexico sees negotiation. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis 11:15-11:30 #NewWorldReport: Why Central America first? 11:30-11:45 #NewWorldReport: Brazil to Moscow; Venezuela returns hostages. 11:45-12:00 #NewWorldReport: El Salvador and POTUS. FOURTH HOUR 12-12:15 #South of France: Day in the clouds of Cordes-sur-Ciel. Simon Constable WSJ 12:15-12:30 MrMarket: Investment quiz to fail. Simon Constable WSJ 12:30-12:45 SPACEX: Links with VAST space station builder. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 12:45-1:00 AM Moon: Japan aims a lander. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com Corrections:
#MARS: Can Musk or Bezos manage Mars by 2029? Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill April 1961
#PLA: J-35 meets the F-35. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://www.businessinsider.com/china-zhuhai-airshow-j35a-fighter-jets-military-aircraft-2024-11 1890 Peking
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated as Health and Human Services secretary by President-elect Donald Trump. We take a look at his plans for shaping America's health care future. Trump announced his choice for interior secretary Friday. How will that role work on Trump's plan to expand oil drilling? And how does the AI race with China come into play? President Joe Biden is in Peru meeting with world leaders. He's maintaining U.S. diplomacy with allies in the Indo-Pacific, while countering Chinese aggression in the region. Meanwhile, China is building a mega-port in Peru. What does this mean for U.S. influence in the region? We discuss with a senior fellow for Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. Perseverance in the face of adversity—an art exhibition on Capitol Hill conveys messages of spiritual elevation and the human rights tragedy in modern China. ⭕️ Watch in-depth videos based on Truth & Tradition at Epoch TV
PRC: Kim launches mobile three stage ICBM said to be MIRVed. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. 1953
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
#PRC: Threatening nukes: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3282854/chinese-researchers-put-data-link-hardware-doomsday-test-paper Jules Verne 1908
Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com
Sponsor special: Up to $2,500 of FREE silver AND a FREE safe on qualifying orders - Call 855-862-3377 or text “AMERICAN” to 6-5-5-3-2“Building on a foundation of economic and then political influence, China has drawn Russia, North Korea, and Iran into its early, active, military dictatorship coalition,” author and China expert Rick Fisher said.In this episode, I sit down with Fisher, a senior fellow at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. He specializes in understanding the Chinese Communist Party and the Asian military balance.“The major threat elements that China is producing on a weekly, maybe monthly basis, ought to rate headlines on the major American television networks. Cable channels should have shows that specifically highlight these various threats, but they're not,” Fisher said. “The American public is relatively uninformed about the breadth and depth of these threats that are developing from China, Russia, North Korea, soon Iran, and the fact that they are all now in a state of coordination.”We discuss the nuclear coalition the Chinese regime is forming with other rogue states. We also discuss the global implications of the regime's military ambitions, from its space programs to its activity in the South China Sea.“We lose the battle of the South China Sea, we begin to lose the battle for freedom on Earth,” Fisher said.Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
In this episode of NucleCast, Rick Fisher, senior fellow with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, talks about the current state of North Korea's nuclear program. Fisher predicts that by the mid-2030s, North Korea will have the ability to conduct a catastrophic first strike against the United States. He credits the work of other experts in the field and discusses the development of North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and multiple independently targetable warheads (MIRVs). Fisher also highlights the close relationship between China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran in their pursuit of global hegemony and the need for the United States to strengthen its nuclear deterrent capabilities and missile defense systems.Mr. Richard D. Fisher, Jr. is a Senior Fellow with the International Assessment and Strategy Center. In 2024 he joined the Advisory Board of the Free Press Foundation and in 2016 he joined the Advisory Board of the Global Taiwan Institute and is a columnist for the Taipei Times.He previously worked with the Center for Security Policy, Jamestown Foundation China Brief, U.S. House of Representatives Republican Policy Committee, and The Heritage Foundation. He is the author of China's Military Modernization, Building for Regional and Global Reach (Praeger, 2008, Stanford University Press, 2010, Taiwan Ministry of National Defense translation 2012) Since 1996 he has covered scores of international arms exhibits and his articles have been published in the Jane's Intelligence Review, Jane's Defence Weekly, Aviation Week and Space Technology, Armed Forces Journal, Far Eastern Economic Review, Asian Wall Street Journal, Defense News, The Epoch Times and The Washington Times. He has studied at Georgetown University and received a B.A. (Honors) in 1981 from Eisenhower College.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction02:02 North Korea's Growing Nuclear Threat06:38 North Korea's Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles08:06 Possible Collaboration with Pakistan on MIRV Capabilities11:16 The Relationship Between North Korea and Russia18:55 The Dangerous Alliance of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran25:56 The Need to Strengthen the United States' Nuclear Deterrent32:22 Wishes for the Future36:51 ConclusionSocials:Follow on Twitter at @NucleCastFollow on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/nuclecastpodcastSubscribe RSS Feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/nuclecast-podcast/Rate: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nuclecast/id1644921278Email comments and topic/guest suggestions to NucleCast@anwadeter.org
PRC: Theater nukes: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on Fisher's piece on China's nuclear superiority in Asia. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 1953 Nevada Test Range
GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonght in Ukraine and Russia as Moscow says it has launched a counter attack on the Kursk Salient... 1918 Ukraine CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 - #Ukraine: Russia counter attacks Kursk Salient. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 9:15-9:30 - #9/11: Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 9:30-9:45 - #France: Memories of Alibaba rise and fall. Simon Constable, WSJ 9:45-10:00 - #RUSSIA: The new Shadow Fleet of Eswatini and Friends. Michael Bernstam, Hoover SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 - #MARKETS: No EXPLANATION POSSIBLE. Brett Arends, MarketWatch 10:15-10:30 - #PacificWatch: #Wildfires rising. @JCBliss 10:30-10:45 - 1/2: NATO: #EU: America and the Europe First policy to preserve the allies. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution 10:45-11:00 - 2/2: NATO: #EU: America and the Europe First policy to preserve the allies. Jakub Grygiel, Hoover Institution THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 - PRC: CCP subsidies in America. Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and author of "Countering China's Great Game: A Strategy for American Dominance", @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 11:15-11:30 - #PRC: The debate and China policy. Rebecca Grant, vice president of the Lexington Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 11:30-11:45 - PRC: Credit market chaos. Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research and author of new book, "China's Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants", on Collier's report "China's Bond Frenzy" @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek 11:45-12:00 - PRC: Theater nukes: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on Fisher's piece on China's nuclear superiority in Asia. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 - #NewWorldReport: MEXICO: AMLO'S LAST PLAY. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:15-12:30 - #NewWorldReport: Maduro supremacy. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:30-12:45 - #NewWorldReport: Bolivia sinking. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis 12:45-1:00 AM - #NewWorldReport: Amazon unprotected. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis
REVIEW: PRC: TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Conversation with colleague Rick Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center re the PLA denying it has a tactical nuke battle plan similar to the plan the Russians inherited from the Soviets -- battlefield nukes and war-fighting. More tonight. August 1953, Atomic Cannon, Nevada
GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Afghanistan, lessons learned and not learned, three years after the tragic exit... 1900 On the Khyber Road CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 1/2: AFGHANISTAN: THREE YEARS LATER: LESSONS LEARNED. BILL ROGGIO, FDD; HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON INSTITUTE 915-930 2/2: AFGHANISTAN: THREE YEARS LATER: LESSONS LEARNED. BILL ROGGIO, FDD; HUSAIN HAQQANI, HUDSON INSTITUTE 930-945 1/2: UKRAINE: The loitering munition targeting. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD 945-1000 2/2: UKRAINE: The loitering munition targeting. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #IRAN: The Big Lies. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 1015-1030 #INDIANA HOENLEIN and the 1800-year-old Lost Christian mosaic. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 1030-1045 #PRC: US nuclear posture updated toward China and Russia Peter Huessy, president of Geostrategic Analysis and a fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hillhttps://www.reuters.com/world/biden-approved-secret-nuclear-strategy-focusing-chinese-threat-new-york-times-2024-08-20/ 1045-1100 #PRC: Counting tactical nukes, Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on this: https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/08/22/if-a-china-and-america-war-went-nuclear-who-would-win THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #RUSSIA: Hostage swaps for sanctions release. Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation. Washington Post 1115-1130 #USAF: Preparing for war with PRC in the Indo-Pacific. GENERAL BLAINE HOLT, USAF (RET). @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/08/22/if-a-china-and-america-war-went-nuclear-who-would-win 1130-1145 1/2: #HEZBOLLAH: Terror Barrage. IAF counter strike. David Daoud, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD. 1145-1200 2/2: #HEZBOLLAH: Terror Barrage. IAF counter strike. David Daoud, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD. FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #NewWorldReport: Venezuela arresting journalist and deploying lawfare. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1215-1230 #NewWorldReport: Lawfare in Brazil. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1230-1245 #NewWorldReport: Lawfare in Mexico. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1245-100 am #NewWorldReport: Do either presidential candidate have an answer to the Darien Gap? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire
#PRC: Counting tactical nukes, Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL : https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/08/22/if-a-china-and-america-war-went-nuclear-who-would-win 1958 B-36 PEACEMAKER
PREVIEW: PRC: TACTICAL NUKES Conversation with colleague Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center, regarding the regional nuclear weapons on warheads that the PLA can deliver in a war over Taiwan. More later. 1953 Atomic Cannon M-65
GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Iran, waiting for the threatened attack on Israel - in Beirut waiting for the threatened attack on Israel. 1667 Jerusalem CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 IRAN: Threats. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/08/generation-jihad-ep-198-the-state-of-global-jihad-with-preston-stewart.php https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-12-2024/ 915-930 #Social Media: Untrustworthy, unavoidable. Bill Roggio, FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/08/generation-jihad-ep-198-the-state-of-global-jihad-with-preston-stewart.php 930-945 HAMAS, Hezbollah: Imminent is the Israeli guidance. Joe Truzman, Bill Roggio FDDhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-12-2024/ 945-1000 #ISRAEL: Why did Iran launch the war? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institutionhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-12-2024/ SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #IRAN: #ISRAEL: USNAVY: USS GEORGIA, A CRUISE MISSILE LOADED NUCLEAR SUBMARINE, OHIO CLASS, ARRIVES ON STATION. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1 @THADMCCOTTER @THEAMGREATNESS https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-august-12-2024/ 1015-1030 #Indiana Hoenlein: Loaded for globalization, 1300 BCE. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.timesofisrael.com/3300-year-old-ship-found-off-israeli-coast-is-oldest-ever-found-in-deep-waters/ 1030-1045 #PRC: China's plan to secure the Earth to Moon traffic. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 1045-1100 #Provocation: PLA harasses Philippine patrol over Scarborough Shoal. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 1/2: #Ukraine. Assault in Force into Russian territory. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDDhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/ukraine-white-triangle-invasion-stunned-russia/ 1115-1130 2/2: #Ukraine. Assault in Force into Russian territory. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDDhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/ukraine-white-triangle-invasion-stunned-russia/ 1130-1145 #NIGERIA: Delivering medical supplies to besieged Plateau State. Bill Devlin, widowsandorphans.infoPlateau State is a north central Nigerian state. It is located near the centre of Nigeria and includes a range of hills surrounding the Jos Plateau.[6] Plateau State is described as "The Home of Peace and Tourism".[7] The state has a population of around 4.7 million people.[8] Its capital city is Jos. 1145-1200 #H-BOMB: Remembering the Soviet thermonuclear test August 1953. Henry Sokolski, NPEC.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_atomic_bomb_project FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #NewWorldReport: A Hezbollah Arrest in Colombia. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire 1215-1230 #NewWorldReport: El Mayo tricked to land in El Paso. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumirehttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-arrests-mexican-drug-lords-could-bring-fresh-charges-home-country-2024-08-12/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-drug-lord-el-mayo-zambada-says-he-was-ambushed-new-account-us-arrest-2024-08-10/ 1230-1245 #NewWorldReport: Maduro hunts for the on the run Opposition. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumirehttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-top-court-says-opposition-failed-submit-proof-election-dispute-2024-08-10/ 1245-100 am #NewWorldReport: Worst Amazon fires in two decades. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumirehttps://www.reuters.com/business/environment/brazil-fire-brigades-fight-amazon-blazes-off-torrid-start-2024-2024-08-09/
#PRC: China's plan to secure the Earth to Moon traffic. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 1959
GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Hiroshima in August 1945 when the USAAF destroyed tens of thousands of families with the uranium bomb.,,, 1945 Hiroshima CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #HIROSHIMA: Mass-murder terror weapons 1945 and 2024. #Ukraine: Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/hiroshima-governor-says-nuclear-disarmament-must-be-tackled-as-a-pressing-issue-not-an-ideal/ar-AA1oitbO 915-930 #ISRAEL: Hezbollah is a well-equipped and motivated army. Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-gaza-live-updates-israel-hezbollah-exchange-fire-over-border/ar-AA1oeyO5 930-945 #IRAN: Shoigu in Tehran. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD. https://www.timesofisrael.com https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/putin-sends-beleaguered-shoigu-to-iran-amid-widening-defense-purge/ar-AA1ok8CH 945-1000 #ISRAEL: Sinwar in the tunnels. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD. https://www.timesofisrael.com/hostage-talks-on-hold-until-after-iran-response-replacement-of-haniyeh-officials/ SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #PRC: Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3272987/chinas-property-bender-has-led-long-tough-hangover-economist-mao-zhenhua 1015-1030 #PRC: Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/world/asia/china-nationalist-hu-xijin-silent.html 1030-1045 #NORTH KOREA: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/1000-kn24-nkorean-frontline-forces-unprecedented 1045-1100 #PRC: Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3272609/us-china-trade-war-could-be-death-knell-advanced-economies THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 1/2: #HOTEL MARS: The Unknowns of the Cheyava Falls rock on Mars. Kevin Hand, JPL. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://science.nasa.gov/resource/perseverances-selfie-with-cheyava-falls/ 1115-1130 2/2: #HOTEL MARS: The Unknowns of the Cheyava Falls rock on Mars. Kevin Hand, JPL. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://science.nasa.gov/resource/perseverances-selfie-with-cheyava-falls/ 1130-1145 #POTUS: Trump on repeats. Sidney Blumenthal, Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/06/trump-kamala-harris-presidential-election 1145-1200 #RUSSIA: The prosperous sanctions middlemen in Turkey and Hong Kong. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution https://on.ft.com/46BJLA1 FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 FRANCE: Google and the Dutch Auction of 2004. Simon Constable, WSJ https://www.mclane.com/insights/googles-dutch-auction-ipo-is-there-a-take-away-lesson-for-the-rest-of-us/ 1215-1230 ENGLAND: Riots in the North. Simon Constable Occitanie https://www.nytimes.com/article/uk-riots-protests.html 1230-1245 #ISS: Starliner alone. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-has-decided-to-consider-bringing-starliner-down-unmanned/ 1245-100 AM #SUNSPOTS: Surging? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com & What does it mean? https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/sunspot-update-in-july-the-sun-produced-the-most-sunspots-in-almost-a-quarter-century/
#NORTH KOREA: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/1000-kn24-nkorean-frontline-forces-unprecedented 1950 Korea
#RUSSIA: #CHINA: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://news.usni.org/2024/07/25/norad-jets-intercept-joint-russian-chinese-bomber-flights-near-alaska 1942 Coral Sea
GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Afghanistan, asking to name names of the policy failures, 2001-2021, and at the top of the list are Trump, Biden,, 1951 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #AFGHANISTAN: Harris, Biden, Trump abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban. Bill Roggio, FDD, Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/author/seth-frantzman 915-930 #AFGHANISTAN: Harris, Biden, Trump abandoned Afghanistan to the Taliban. Bill Roggio, FDD, Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/author/seth-frantzman https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/india-s-modi-says-pakistan-using-terrorism-proxy-war-to-stay-relevant/ar-BB1qMmkT 930-945 #HONG KONG: Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's long-time deputy and director at the now-closed Apple Daily. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hongkong-jimmy-lai-trial-national-security-law-07262024131611.html 945-1000 #RUSSIA: #CHINA: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://news.usni.org/2024/07/25/norad-jets-intercept-joint-russian-chinese-bomber-flights-near-alaska SECOND HOUR 10-1015 #ICC/ICJ: Lawfare anti-American, anti-Israeli. John Boltonhttps://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/09/against-the-international-criminal-court/ 1015-1030 #UKRAINE: The knowns of Trump and the unknowns of Harris. Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation. 1030-1045 #HEZBOLLAH: Weighing the wide war. Seth Frantzman, FDD, Bill Roggio, FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/07/israel-weighs-response-after-hezbollah-rocket-kills-12-young-civilians.php 1045-1100 #HAMAS: Recruiting teenagers as gunmen. Seth Frantzman, FDD, Bill Roggio, FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/07/israel-weighs-response-after-hezbollah-rocket-kills-12-young-civilians.php THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 #NewWorldReport: Caracas claims victory by 51%. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire Seth Frantzman, FDD, Bill Roggio, FDD 1115-1130 #NewWorldReport: Brazil reacts ambiguously cunningly. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumirehttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/latin-american-leaders-react-venezuela-election-results-2024-07-29/ 1130-1145 #NewWorldReport: Putin and Diaz-Canel react reverentially. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumirehttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/putin-congratulates-venezuelas-maduro-election-win-2024-07-29/ 1145-1200 #NewWorldReport: Colombia doubts, Petro salutes. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumirehttps://www.reuters.com/world/americas/latin-american-leaders-react-venezuela-election-results-2024-07-29/ FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #JAPAN: Nukes on Japan. Grant Newsham, author WHEN CHINA ATTACKS https://japan-forward.com/22-security-talks-is-japan-almost-cured-of-its-nuclear-allergy/ 1215-1230 #PRC: Clawing back banker's income and assets. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hillhttps://www.ft.com/content/c0d3a55e-099a-4009-9b92-4579310b2517 1230-1245 #ASEAN: Turning to India as China slips. Victoria Herczegh, @GPFutureshttps://geopoliticalfutures.com/india-moves-in-on-southeast-asia/ 1245-100 am Liberalism Reconsidered: Piety and Persuasion. Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institutionhttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/28/in_search_of_liberals_of_a_more_liberal_persuasion_151345.html
PREVIEW: RUSSIA: PRC: BOMBERS: ALASKA: Conversation with colleague Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center, re: the mission for the Russian and PRC bombers making a show by flying in the Air Defense Identification Zone of Alaska -- and more of the same in future. More later. 1913 Nome, Alaska
#BELARUS: #PRC: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.newsweek.com/china-army-sharpens-war-fighting-nato-doorstep-1922604 1930 Minsk
#PRC: Corruption is the price of high command. .Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.voanews.com/amp/state-media-former-chinese-defense-minister-expelled-from-communist-party/7675562.html 1949 PLA
#PRC: MoOn race supremacy: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://spacenews.com/change-6-moon-samples-collected-and-launched-into-lunar-orbit/ 1900 JULES VERNE
#LEO: Militarize space. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://spacenews.com/china-launches-four-high-resolution-remote-sensing-satellites/ 1949
#PRC: IS THERE Tesla Leverage on Musk's SpaceX?. . Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-stock-rises-after-ceo-musk-scores-big-in-china-during-short-visit/ar-AA1nSrNz 1941 Detroit
1/2: #PRC: Information Warfare and AeroSpaceForce. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/04/20/xi_orders_biggest_military_reorganization_since_2015_1026265.html 1957 Operation PlumbBob STOKES EVENT
2/2: #PRC: Information Warfare and AeroSpaceForce. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/04/20/xi_orders_biggest_military_reorganization_since_2015_1026265.html 1957 Plumbbob WILSON
PRC: Argentina pushes back: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/reversing-communist-chinas-momentum-in-latin-america-5624291 1930 Argentina
PREVIEW: #PRC: #ARGENTNA: Conversation with colleague Rick Fisher of Internation Assessment and Strategy Center re the PRC space antenna base in Southern Argentina (negotiated by the earlier China-welcoming Kirchner government) that can well be used for war-fighting communications and guidance. More later on how and why & What is to be done? 1920 Buenos Aires
#PRC: MOON IS THE HIGH GROUND: Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-could-attack-us-satellites-from-moon-warns-general-2024-3 1968 FROM APOLLO 8
#PRC: On the Lunar South Pole. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-russia-float-idea-for-nuclear-power-on-the-moon-want-to-upstage-the-united-states 1790 Greenwich Observatory
#PRC: PRC builds a Frankenstein commercial airplane. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.voanews.com/a/china-s-c919-jet-displayed-at-singapore-air-show-but-it-s-not-ready-to-compete-/7503947.html 1857 China
#PRC: PLA Air Force J-35 for sale. : Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3251765/china-displays-fc-31-fighter-saudi-defence-show-bid-increase-exports-mideast-nations-explore-options 1943 Dougkas Dauntless Marine Bombing Scouting 241
#PLA: Boasting. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/nowhere-to-hide-chinas-game-changer-in-military-tech/articleshow/107453578.cms 1902 Beijing
#PREVIEW: #PRC: #PLANAVY: From a conversation about China media organs boasting of PLA hardware, colleague Rick Fisher of the International Assessment & Strategy Center provides a chronoological analysis of the PLAN then and now. More later. 1377 China cannon
#PRC: PLARF 2035. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.wsj.com/video/series/wsj-explains/a-secretive-chinese-force-is-becoming-the-us-militarys-biggest-challenge/B379CBEF-E14C-4501-833C-3E444F37C761 1908 Wuhan
#PRC: PLANavy takes command. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-appoints-dong-jun-new-defence-minister-state-media-2023-12-29/ 1875 China
#NorthKorea: Spy satellite success & What is to be done?. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. https://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-decries-us-support-161810266.html 1950 Han River Korea
#PRC: Promising not to use AI. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-xi-deal-ai-out-nuclear-weapons-systems-apec-report-2023-11. 1942
1/2: #PRC:Militarizing orbit and the Moon in order to set norms. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program 1882 Jules Verne
2/2: #PRC:Militarizing orbit and the Moon in order to set norms. Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Lunar_Exploration_Program 1872 Jules Verne
#MoonRace: World Island Race to a Moon Base: India, PRC, Russia . Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaganyaan 1872 Jules Verne
#Bestof2023: STRANGE COPYCATS: 2/2: #HotelMars: #PRC plans to imitate SpaceX with Long March -- a superheavy two-stage fully reusable booster combination to LEO and Lunar Orbit. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://spacenews.com/china-plans-full-reusability-for-its-super-heavy-long-march-9-rocket/ 1872 Jules Verne Around the Moon
#Bestof2023: STRANGE COPYCATS: 1/2: #HotelMars: #PRC plans to imitate SpaceX with Long March -- a superheavy two-stage fully reusable booster combination to LEO and Lunar Orbit. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com https://spacenews.com/china-plans-full-reusability-for-its-super-heavy-long-march-9-rocket/ 1868 Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon
#Israel: Hamas used North Koren and China weapons paid for by Iran.Rick Fisher, senior fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza/card/israel-says-it-hit-hamas-tunnels-weapons-stockpiles-with-airstrikes-09aljEumRDMcC770RpiO https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/israel-hamas-war-gaza/card/israel-says-it-hit-hamas-tunnels-weapons-stockpiles-with-airstrikes-09aljEumRDMcC770RpiO 1935 GAZA