16 h. ago Australia on high alert as PLA naval fleet in Philippine Sea sails south

China’s deployment of a naval fleet, led by a Type 075 amphibious assault ship in the Philippine Sea this week, has triggered a rapid response from Australia. Canberra deployed a P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to track the flotilla, reviving security concerns raised after an unprecedented circumnavigation of the Australian continent by a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fleet nine months ago. US satellite images, first reported by Australian media on Wednesday, confirmed the presence of the Chinese...

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16 h. ago Australia on high alert as PLA Navy fleet in Philippine Sea sails south

China’s deployment this week of a naval fleet led by a Type 075 amphibious assault ship in the Philippine Sea has triggered a rapid response from Australia. Canberra deployed a P-8 maritime patrol aircraft to track the flotilla, reviving security concerns raised after an unprecedented circumnavigation of the Australian continent by a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) fleet nine months ago. US satellite images, first reported by Australian media on Wednesday, confirmed the presence of the Chinese...

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36 h. ago Satellite Imagery Reveals Chinese Naval Group in West Pacific

Satellite Imagery Reveals Chinese Naval Group in West Pacific  Newsweek

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41 h. ago Chinese navy task force captured by new satellite images in Philippine Sea

Chinese navy task force captured by new satellite images in Philippine Sea  BBC

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63 h. ago China ramps up surveillance equipment at Spratly Islands bases: US think tank

China has carried out extensive upgrades to its surveillance and electronic warfare systems across its Spratly Islands outposts to improve its intelligence gathering in the South China Sea, according to an American think tank. The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative under the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a report on Tuesday that satellite images revealed new and upgraded radar sites, antenna fields and other reinforced electronic warfare...

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1 week ago ‘Could be a decoy’: North Korea’s nuclear upgrades are visible from space

New satellite imagery suggests North Korea has spent the past year steadily enlarging and modernising its main fissile material site, in what analysts call a concrete response to leader Kim Jong-un’s demand for his nuclear arsenal’s “exponential growth”. Commercial satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre from October and November show renovation and large-scale expansion across the complex, according to 38North, a website from US think tank the Stimson Centre devoted...

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1 week ago North Korea’s nuclear arsenal shows ‘exponential growth’ in new satellite images

New satellite imagery suggests North Korea has spent the past year steadily enlarging and modernising its main fissile material site, in what analysts call a concrete response to leader Kim Jong-un’s demand for his nuclear arsenal’s “exponential growth”. Commercial satellite images of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Centre from October and November show renovation and large-scale expansion across the complex, according to 38North, a website from US think tank the Stimson Centre devoted...

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3 w. ago Satellite images show how Tesla rival BYD is expanding its largest Chinese megafactory

Satellite images show how Tesla rival BYD is expanding its largest Chinese megafactory  Business Insider

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3 w. ago BYD's largest Chinese megafactory dwarfs Tesla's Austin site. Satellite images show it's getting even bigger.

BYD's largest Chinese megafactory dwarfs Tesla's Austin site. Satellite images show it's getting even bigger.  Business Insider

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4 w. ago Exclusive: Satellite images show dramatic growth of China’s military production sites

Exclusive: Satellite images show dramatic growth of China’s military production sites  CNN

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4 w. ago Video: Satellite images show dramatic growth of China’s military production sites

Video: Satellite images show dramatic growth of China’s military production sites  CNN

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4 w. ago ‘A new arms race’: Satellite images, maps and records reveal huge surge in China’s missile production sites

‘A new arms race’: Satellite images, maps and records reveal huge surge in China’s missile production sites  CNN

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4 w. ago Satellite images show dramatic growth of China’s military production sites

Satellite images show dramatic growth of China’s military production sites  CNN

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4 w. ago Mass graves, blood stains: satellite images point to horrors in seized Sudan city

Satellite images analysed on Wednesday appear to show mass burials being conducted in El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur region after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces seized it, further raising concerns about the scale of the violence that descended on the city. The images of El-Fasher come as the two-year war grinds on in Sudan despite growing international outrage, with local media and the United Nations reporting a drone strike targeting a funeral in another city called El-Obeid, killing at...

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