Clouds Over China: A Challenge to Intelligence Gathering
China's persistent cloud cover is not a nuisance for analysts — it is exploitable cover for moving PLA military and dual-use civilian assets, and an argument for radar satellites over electro-optical.
Die USA werfen China vor, im Geheimen Atombombentests durchgeführt zu haben. Was ist da dran?
The US accuses China of secretly conducting nuclear tests. A charge this serious deserves a matching standard of evidence. What does the imagery show and what do intelligence analysts think?
NYTIMES: China Surveys Seabeds Where Naval Rivals May One Day Clash
Chinese research ships survey seabeds for science and resources. The same data says where submarines can hide, and where they cannot. Dual-use by design.
Nonproliferation Review - Nuclear-test preparation at the Lop Nur nuclear test site, 2020–24
Preparation activity at Lop Nur, read through TerraSAR-X radar imagery — the right instrument for a site whose activity is timed to avoid observation.
China has debuted its new landing barges
China's new landing barges relieve the constraint every Taiwan invasion assessment rests on: putting heavy vehicles ashore without first taking a port.