July 28, 2010

Navy Intelligence: China's new anti-ship ballistic missile nearly operational

China's new high-technology aircraft carrier killer missile was nearly operational last year, according to the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence. The new medium-range anti-ship ballistic missile, a variant of China’s less precise DF-21 missiles is “nearing operational capability," the ONI report stated as reported in the military newspaper Stars and Stripes on July 19. (FULL STORY)
A column of DF-21s on the road in Qinghai Province.
Clinton comments trigger special meeting
of Hu's security advisers
President and Commander-in-Chief Hu Jintao has called an emergency meeting of the Chinese Communist Party's Leading Group on Foreign Affairs (LGFA) to discuss growing confrontation with the United States. Chinese diplomats were caught off guard at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Hanoi last weekend, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pronounced that the peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in the South China Sea was a matter of "American national interest."  (FULL STORY)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at the opening of the ASEAN Regional Forum on July 23 in Hanoi.   AP/Hoang Dinh Nam
U.S. military to resume cooperation with Indonesia's special forces
Senator warns Obama signaled weakness on N. Korea, endangering U.S.
   
U.S. working to close 100 bank accounts that are linked to N. Korea
China's state media debunk political reform: Votes sold to highest bidder
China gains access to another North Korean port on the east coast
Western intelligence monitoring unusual developments in North Korea

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North Korea executes official who had been involved in talks with South Korea

North Korea has executed a former high-ranking official who had been involved in negotiations with South Korea in the past, the South Korean Dong-A Ilbo reported July 22.
China acknowledges existence of 'defensive base for information security'
Senior Republican in speech challenges Beijing on Falun Gong
S. Korean general indicted for funneling military secrets to the North

 
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