Atul Kumar, PhD

Happy to have edited the second edition of @orfonline's special report on 'Critical Trends in India's National Security' with @SameerP_IND. The report covers #China, #jammukashmir #Northeast, #defence, #LWE, #cybersecurity, among others. shorturl.at/GmU7p

The End of Debate in China - "The China Development Forum has lost its soul" by Stephen Roach, who was not invited this year open.substack.com/pub/stephenroa…

~Half of Iran’s drones and missiles being fired at the United Arab Emirates

If Trump is showing Beijing how to seize Taiwan, Tehran is showing Taiwan how to resist. japantimes.co.jp/commentary/202…

A China that conquers Taiwan could interdict Japan's sea lanes at will and project power across the western Pacific. What might Tokyo do to prevent such scenario? bit.ly/4uLbHx5

WATCH: The China Coast Guard declared so-called “clearing operations” in parts of Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal on Monday, warning vessels within a specified area to leave between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea RADM Jay Tarriela believes the move was meant to intimidate Filipino fishermen. @ABSCBNNews

Its high time for a change in this domain. @anandmahindra @TataMotors

🚨 President Donald J. Trump calls for a pause on all military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period, subject to the success of the ongoing meetings and discussions.

BREAKING: In an attempt to preserve the remaining Hermes-900 Kochav armed drones of the Israeli Air Force, the IDF has avoided deploying them over Iran for the past 24 hours. More than 80% of the Kochav-900 fleet has been shot down over Iran, and they are no longer being used in large numbers as before. The U.S. Air Force has also lost between 12 and 13 MQ-9A Reaper armed drones so far. However, with a fleet of over 100 aircraft, they continue to operate them over southern and central Iran. #OperationEpicFury #OperationLionsRoar

The #Axis of Cowardice !! 😂😂

🇺🇦shore based defences bottled up 🇷🇺Black Sea fleet. 🇮🇷 is deterring the 🇺🇸 Navy from entering Persian Gulf. Imagine what 🇹🇼could do to deter quarantine or attack from 🇨🇳. 應對台海變局 英專家：台灣可借鏡荷莫茲海峽經驗 rti.org.tw/news?uid=3&pid…

Chongqing mayor under investigation by China's anti-graft watchdog reut.rs/4bWhhFq reut.rs/4bWhhFq

This shows the massive scale of the illegal reclamation by the Chinese government on Panganiban Reef (Mischief Reef), located well within our Exclusive Economic Zone. Whenever our aircraft pass through the area during Maritime Domain Awareness flights, China has the audacity to challenge us claiming that they have “indisputable sovereignty” in this area—and in some instances, like the one shown here, they have even launched flares toward our aircraft. It is worth noting that China first illegally occupied Panganiban Reef, initially claiming they were only building a shelter for fishermen. Today, it stands as one of the largest Chinese military installations in the entire South China Sea. We should not forget that the reef lies only about 120 nautical miles from the coastline of Palawan, yet more than 600 nautical miles away from China.

Liu Guozhi, former top PLA scientist, is delisted from CAS website #Echobox=1773925615" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">scmp.com/news/china/sci…

There are multiple simulations showing explosions and the integrity of buildings/vehicles and more. The National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin is a government-owned datacenter where SOEs and universities run complex data simulations, virtual test systems, and scientific computation models.

Rheinmetall CEO confirms my reporting. All stockpiles in Europe, the Mideast, and US are basically empty. Cannibalization of INDOPACOM Arsenal, which began a little bit last week, will begin in earnest. It will take years, if ever, to recover. Moscow and Beijing know this.

Lol amazing! Apparently the DPP got former Polish President Lech Wałęsa to come to Taipei for some bullshit forum, only for him to say the Chinese must reunify (Narody chińskie muszą się zjednoczyć). Paid a pretty penny for him too! Can we bill the Seeseepee instead?

Latest news article: 🇫🇷France names new aircraft carrier "France Libre" - set for service in 2038 navylookout.com/france-names-n…

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is expected to return to Souda Naval Base in Crete next week from the it current position in the Northern Red Sea, following a recent fire which cause serious damage to some areas of the ship and left over 600 sailors and crewmembers without proper beds. The Ford will return to Crete for refueling, but also for an investigation into the large fire that broke out aboard the vessel on March 12, with investigators probing the possibility that the fire was deliberately caused by crewmembers to terminate their extended mission, according to a source who spoke to the Greek daily newspaper Kathimerini.

#Taiwan is quietly empowering #Somaliland -economically, technologically, and militarily - behind the scenes.