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26 Oct 09

That's Impossible: Politics from Taiwan

  • So they say. The report, in which China Times quotes unnamed military sources, claims that Taiwan's military has rented access to a privately-owned high quality satellite to spy on China, and has been doing so for years now. The data is extensive, including photos showing detail down to 0.6m, and allows Taiwan to maintain real time understanding of China's troop and equipment movements.
  • The article implies that the US must know about and be passively allowing Taiwan to maintain this contract, otherwise, the report alleges, the Taiwanese officials involved wouldn't have gotten visas to go to the US in the process of dealing with this satellite company
09 Oct 09

The redefinition of air power (Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog)

  • Key points: no personnel lost and drones deliver great results at about 1/20th the cost of jets, according to the Israelis.
  • The spectacular benefit is the loitering capacity ("persistent stare" means you can find needles in haystacks because you can watch them being built) yielding real-time operational intell.
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04 Jan 08

Big Brother is watching you | FP Passport

It might not surprise you to learn that Big Brother looms large in places like China and Russia. But Britain and the United States are near the bottom of the heap too. According to a new study of 47 countries by Privacy International, a human-rights watch

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