China

Panama-flag detentions

Panama-flag detentions widen canal trade risk

Panama-flag detentions: are China’s inspections of Panama-registered ships now a pressure lever in the canal fight? Panama-flag detentions: Overall, that now looks hard to dismiss. Since March 8, 2026, Chinese ports have sharply increased detentions of Panama-registered vessels. At the same time, Panama’s forced removal of the Chinese CK Hutchison company from the Balboa and

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COMAC C919

COMAC C919: China’s Narrowbody Takes On the Duopoly

COMAC C919 production has reached 32 delivered aircraft — but can China’s state-backed narrowbody truly disrupt the Airbus-Boeing stranglehold on commercial aviation? COMAC C919: The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) entered 2026 with momentum on multiple fronts. Indeed, three of China’s largest airlines now fly the type across 46 domestic routes. Furthermore, the European

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Chinese space threats: LiDAR, stealth microsatellites, counter‑LEO tactics — and the long game at sea

Chinese space threats are evolving fast—could the same research that makes satellites harder to find also make submarines easier to cue, sooner than most planners expect? Chinese space threats: Can we see 500+ meters deep into the ocean from space? That question sat under the surface at the Spacepower 2025 reporting by Breaking Defense, where

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Discombobulator secret weapon

Discombobulator secret weapon: the mystery “switch‑off” tech behind the Venezuela raid—and the word’s bizarre past

Discombobulator secret weapon: what is it—and did it really help U.S. forces seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas? First, the name sounds like a prop from a spy parody. Yet the claim attached to it sits inside a real, high‑stakes event: the U.S. raid that captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. On January

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