“The Chinese Communist Party cannot be trusted with our most sensitive data and intellectual property,” he said in a Nov. 11 speech in Brazil, during which he referred to Huawei as “the backbone of the CCP surveillance state.”
Mr. Krach argued that “free nations” needed to agree to coalesce around a “clean network” that excluded Huawei, because “our chain of security is only as strong as its weakest link.”
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During a visit to Brazil last November, Keith Krach, then the State Department’s top official for economic policy, called Huawei an industry pariah that needed to be locked out of 5G networks.Credit.Adriano Machado/Reuters
Taiwan scrambles fighter jets in response to China s ongoing air incursions
25 Feb, 2021 12:37 AM
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An F-16 during the 36th Han Kuang military drills in Taichung city, Taiwan. Photo / Getty Images
An F-16 during the 36th Han Kuang military drills in Taichung city, Taiwan. Photo / Getty Images
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China s unrelenting air assault on Taiwan has claimed its first victims – that nation s defence and home affairs ministers.
The People s Liberation Army (PLA) air force shows no sign of releasing the pressure on Taiwan.
Instead, it has continued its recent escalation of sending bombers and long-range fighters along with surveillance aircraft over the tiny Taiwanese Pratas Atoll at the northern tip of the South China Sea.
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Castellum, Inc. Announces Hiring of Glen Ives to Build Navy and Marine Corps Division of Company
Castellum, Inc.February 8, 2021 GMT
POTOMAC, Md., Feb. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Castellum, Inc. (OTC: ONOV) announces that Glen Ives has joined the Company as Chief Growth Officer and Divisional CEO of the Company’s newly created Navy and Marine Corps Division.
“ Castellum has previously been an Army-centric company through our Corvus subsidiary,” said Mark Fuller, CEO of Castellum. “Glen’s deep experience and credibility with the Navy and Marine Corps ideally positions him to help us build that division into a $30 million plus division over the next 3-5 years in addition to working with Jim Enicks of Corvus on inter-branch projects.”
Diplomats and armed forces have been slow to address the security consequences of climate change, a French parliament fact-finding mission concluded on Wednesday (27 January). EURACTIV France reports.
While the co-rapporteurs of the fact-finding mission, socialist MP Alain David and centrist MP Frédéric Petit (MoDem), pointed out that no armed conflict caused by climate change has so far occurred at the international level, their report clearly shows the extent to which climate change is causing serious international tensions, both for the people and states.
These tensions are likely to lead to armed conflicts “in the near future”, they warned.