by Dave Patterson | Nov 28, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
China is at it again in the South China Sea. This time, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and air forces sent warships and aircraft to bully a US Navy destroyer, preventing it from exercising its freedom of the sea rights to sail in international waters. The...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 18, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
One of the major themes discussed within US military circles is Anti-access/Area Denial (A2/AD) and how to overcome an enemy’s capability to deny US access to sea lines of communication. China has slowly but methodically created an A2/AD capability in the South...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 1, 2021 | Articles, Military Affairs
Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) are routine for the U.S. Navy and increasingly necessary to blunt China’s threatening presence in the South China Sea. Such operations in that area have served two purposes: first, to secure all vessels’ transit rights in...
by Dave Patterson | May 15, 2020 | Articles, Intelligence, International, Military Affairs, Politics
What is clearly an information war with China over the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic becomes something more serious when geopolitical interests are closer to home. The situation in the South China Sea has become more ominous as China exerts pressure on its neighbors over...