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China Wields Sea Power With Navy Buildup
The PLA Navy, like the rest of China's armed forces, was historically structured, trained and equipped by the Soviet Union, and grew up on an accompanying doctrine, said Tom S...
By Tom Shugart
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How much of a threat does Russia’s Pacific fleet pose to the US?
Russia’s Pacific Fleet has between one-eighth and one-tenth the size of China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy, and China has dozens of newer destroyers and cruisers, said reti...
By Tom Shugart
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Japan's New Hakugei Submarine Packs a Stealthy Underwater Burst
Tom Shugart, a former U.S. submariner and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said that an additional burst of speed can help a subm...
By Tom Shugart
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The Anglophone Military Alliance in Asia is Seriously Ambitious
American technology will suffuse this new "SSN-AUKUS". America will provide its vertical-launching system, a set of tubes that can hold a greater number of missiles, and more ...
By Tom Shugart
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How Beijing Boxed America Out of the South China Sea
China’s outposts present additional potential threats for the U.S. military to track and counter. Three of the outposts in the Spratly group of islands are full-fledged milita...
By Tom Shugart
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Russian Submarines off U.S. East Coast Spark Cold War Comparisons
Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow with the defense program at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, told Newsweek there is a "clear linkag...
By Tom Shugart
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Satellite photos show expansion of Chinese-funded naval base in Cambodia
A number of new structures have been built at the center of the base, one of which resembles a cement plant to provide for the whole project, according to Tom Shugart, Adjunct...
By Tom Shugart
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What the U.S. Is Doing to Curtail Chinese Land Ownership
China has maintained the first aircraft was a wayward civilian weather balloon and has not been named by U.S. officials as the source of the others. Tom Shugart, a senior fell...
By Tom Shugart
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Earthquake Outweighs China in U.S. Navy’s Decision to Close Docks
A potential giant earthquake could trigger a series of large tsunamis and lead to landslides, land subsidence and widespread flooding -- which would have disastrous consequenc...
By Tom Shugart
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What the Chances of a War between the US and China Actually Look Like, according to Experts
Ultimately, a war between China and the United States would largely arise from political decisions that Chinese Communist Party leaders make, especially China’s President Xi J...
By Tom Shugart
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Milley Warns China: An Invasion of Taiwan Would Be as Disastrous as Russia’s War against Ukraine
On Wednesday, Milley said he did not know if Xi would ever order his forces to invade Taiwan, but he described China’s president as a “rational actor” who evaluates his choice...
By Tom Shugart
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What the US Navy Must Learn from Ukraine’s Bold Drone Attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
A Navy spokesperson declined to comment when asked on Monday what steps the service was taking to protect its vessels from attacks by unmanned boats and aircraft, from Iran, C...
By Tom Shugart
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New Photos Show China’s Artificial Islands Are Highly Developed Military Bases
Fiery Cross Reef appears to be one of the most developed, with a fully operational airfield, hangars, other large buildings and radomes, or domes with radar equipment inside. ...
By Tom Shugart
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Stealthiest U.S. Submarine Makes Rare Appearance in Arabian Sea
Former submariner Tom Shugart noted that the Arabian Sea is roughly the same distance from Beijing and Moscow, and that the messaging could be to both. Technically, the locati...
By Tom Shugart
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Indian Ocean Rivalry: China’s Naval Maneuvers Irk New Delhi
Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank, said: "While we don't have any direct indications of intentions to specifica...
By Tom Shugart
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Satellite Images of Naval Base in Cambodia Expose China’s Lie
China insisted it wasn’t building a naval base in Cambodia … until its ambassador attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. It insists it won’t arm its overseas facilities … right...
By Tom Shugart
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China's Taiwan war games threaten more global supply chain disruption
The extent to which China will escalate its response to the Pelosi visit -- flexing its military muscle, cyber attacks and economic sanctions -- remains to be seen. Given its ...
By Tom Shugart
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Experts doubt China is gearing up to invade Taiwan under the guise of training
To invade Taiwan, China would need to mobilize its fleet of civilian ferries, which are operated by state-owned companies, said retired Navy Capt. Thomas Shugart, a military i...
By Tom Shugart
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Russian Navy's massive submarine could set the stage for 'a new Cold War' in the oceans
The Russian Navy has taken delivery of what is the world's longest known submarine, one its maker touts as a research vessel -- but what others say is a platform for espionage...
By Tom Shugart
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Satellite photos show China destroyed object similar to Japan plane
China has destroyed an object believed to be shaped like a Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) aircraft in a desert area of Xinjiang, Nikkei has learned through analysis of satell...
By Tom Shugart