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Australia’s First Nuclear Submarine Could Be a Reality in 30 Years, Former PACOM Commander Testifies

Able Seaman Combat Systems Operator Benjamin Stewart participates in an Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise with a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine during Exercise ARC21 in 2021. Royal Australian Navy Photo

Developing a nuclear-powered submarine with Australia could happen in 30 years if the United States commits to a tight timetable, retired Adm. Harry Harris told lawmakers Tuesday.

Harris, a former commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, called Australia the United States’ key ally...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/07/australias-first-nuclear-submarine-could-be-a-reality-in-30-years-former-pacom-commander-testifies

China Undergoing ‘Build-Up in Every Warfare Area,’ Says ONI Commander

Chinese amphibious landing craft on Nov. 25, 2022. PLA Navy Photo

The danger to Taiwan from China is “something we need to take very seriously” as the island is taking steps to mobilize its entire society to deter a mainland takeover, the commander of the Office of Naval Intelligence said last week.

The Taiwanese are asking themselves “what can we do to make China think twice” before it would attempt a cross-straits invasion, Rear Adm. Michael Studeman said last week. He said Beijing has...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/16/china-undergoing-build-up-in-every-warfare-area-says-oni-commander

Long-term Imports Of GCC Crude Oil By China Will Continue

Credit: Zbynek Burival/Unsplash
  • Energy cooperation is first priority
  • Beijing also extended support to regional nuclear ambitions
  • Saudi Arabia is China’s top oil supplier

A recent news article published in the Platts states that China opens door to trade crude oil and natural gas in Yuan.

The world’s largest buyer of crude

China, the world’s largest buyer of crude, has opened the door to trading crude oil and natural gas in its local currency, rather than the US dollar, although it’s not clear a...

https://mfame.guru/long-term-imports-of-gcc-crude-oil-by-china-will-continue/

Pentagon Official: China Must See Taiwan Invasion As Costly

President Tsai Ing-wen reviews a Marine Corps battalion in Kaohsiung in July 2020. Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China

When it comes to Taiwan, the United States’ goal is to ensure Beijing understands an invasion is “never easy to do rapidly or cost-free,” the senior Pentagon official for the Indo-Pacific said Thursday.

Ely Ratner, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute, added, “what we are trying to do [is] ensure when Beijing looks at the problem, [it decides]...

https://news.usni.org/2022/12/09/pentagon-official-china-must-see-taiwan-invasion-as-costly

Panel: Artificial Intelligence Promises to Help Sailors Make Better Decisions Faster

Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessels (USV) operate with USS Delbert D. Black (DDG-119) on Oct. 7, 2022. US Navy Photo

The Navy is thinking about artificial intelligence in two ways: the infrastructure to make unmanned systems work and technology meant to enhance how sailor and their commanders make decisions, a panel of technical and policy experts said Tuesday.

The output provided by AI is there help the human or supplement manned operations with unmanned assets, said Brett Vaughan, Navy...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/18/panel-artificial-intelligence-promises-to-help-sailors-make-better-decisions-faster

As The Summit Begins, Xi Jinping Presses Down On Zero-Covid

  • China’s President Xi Jinping signalled there would be no immediate loosening of his controversial zero-Covid strategy as a historic Communist Party congress opened in Beijing.
  • In a break in decades-long tradition, delegates are likely to hand Mr Xi a third term as party chief.

A recent BBC news says that Xi Jinping doubles down on zero-Covid as meeting opens.

The policy has saved lives

Zero-Covid was a “people’s war to stop the spread of the virus”, he said.

The policy has saved lives, but also...

https://mfame.guru/as-the-summit-begins-xi-jinping-presses-down-on-zero-covid/

Losing to China in AI, Emerging Tech Will Cost U.S. Trillions, Threaten Security, Says Panel

USNI News Graphic

A grim future awaits the United States if it loses the competition with China on developing key technologies like artificial intelligence in the near future, the authors of a special government-backed study told reporters on Monday.

If China wins the technological competition, it can use its advancements in artificial intelligence and biological technology to enhance its own country’s economy, military and society to the determent of others, said Bob Work, former deputy defense...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/13/losing-to-china-in-ai-emerging-tech-will-cost-u-s-trillions-threaten-security-says-panel

Australia Needs Asymmetric Capabilities to Counter China in Indo-Pacific, Former Australian Official Says

Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Hobart (DDG 39) executes a live missile firing off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) on Aug. 25, 2020. RAN Photo

Australian political leaders have refocused Canberra’s attention on developing more asymmetric capabilities necessary to fighting a war far from its shores against “high-end competitor” China, a former senior national security adviser to its foreign minister said Tuesday.

John Lee, now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/26/australia-needs-asymmetric-capabilities-to-counter-china-in-indo-pacific-former-australian-official-says

AMR opens tomorrow highlighting innovation in the automotive aftermarket

AMR opens tomorrow highlighting innovation in the automotive aftermarket

The Auto Maintenance and Repair Expo (AMR) opens tomorrow (24 April 2021) at Beijing’s New China International Exhibition Center (NCIEC). With 38 years of covering China’s automotive aftermarket, AMR stands as a one-stop platform for sourcing and brand promotion in the car maintenance and repair sector. This year, the show welcomes 952 exhibitors, presenting over 8,000 global brands across the 90,000 sqm of exhibition space...

https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/04/23/amr-opens-tomorrow-highlighting-innovation-in-the-automotive-aftermarket/

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