Tag Archives: China

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke at a conference June 2 about how the U.S. and China can work together to solve mutual cyber and military issues, Defense News reports. At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Panetta said that it is important to focus on the difficult areas in cyber and …

A report commissioned by the departments of Defense and State suggests lawmakers should relax satellite export controls for non-critical items to increase U.S. industry’s ability to compete in the global market. The report examines the effects of a law passed in 1998 that restricted companies from exporting sensitive technologies to …

The U.S., Japan and the European Union challenged China’s restrictions on rare-earth exports during a World Trade Organization meeting Thursday. Rare-earths are minerals considered to be critical to the production of civilian and military technologies, according to Wall Street Journal. President Obama indicated the minerals play an important role with advanced …

A Defense Department official has gone on the record saying the Department of Homeland Security should be the government entity with the principal responsibility for helping secure critical U.S. infrastructure from cyber attacks. Eric Rosenbach, deputy assistant security of defense for cyber policy, made the comments at the recent RSA …

The Defense Intelligence Agency director recently told a Senate committee the agency believes China is developing a space weapon program that can be used against satellites worldwide. Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Burgess presented the agency’s worldwide threats report report to the Senate Armed Services Committee last week detailing China’s anti-satellite missiles and cyber …

President Obama will announce an expansion of U.S. military presence in Australia during his first-ever trip to the country starting Wednesday, according to a report from Reuters. The trip comes three days after Obama hosted world leaders in Hawaii at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. According to the report, Obama …

The U.S. is not as open as it should be when it comes to cyber weapons and when it intends to use them against foreign hackers, according to a former number-two uniformed officer in the U.S. military as reported by Reuters. James Cartwright, a four-star Marine Corps general who retired …

It seems the sentiments of the Cold War haven’t been put to rest with U.S. intelligence agencies labeling Russia and China as the most significant threats to the nation’s interest. U.S. agencies concluded that the two countries have gained access to large amounts of American research and development data in …

A U.S. lawmaker and a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday called for U.S. government officials to put more pressure on their Chinese counterparts to stop a cyber-espionage campaign that has targeted U.S. companies. Rep. Mike Rogers, (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, …

The Chinese government should be more forthcoming on why it needs modern military capabilities, a Defense Department report says. The Pentagon delivered its much-anticipated report on China’s military advancement to Congress Wednesday. The Chinese military remains on-schedule in its effort to build a modern, regionally-focused force by 2020, the report …