By Brian Berletic
According to Japanese media, the US Space Force has stood up its most recent overseas component in Japan. This follows a similar component created in South Korea, both falling under its “Indo-Pacific” component command created in 2022.
Menace from US expansion of Space Force in Japan goes beyond Asia-Pacific
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Agenda of lies: PM slams groups creating false narratives to sabotage Funan Techo Canal project (Cambodia)
Prime Minister Hun Manet has lashed out at anti-government groups which are creating false narratives to sabotage the Funan Techo Canal project.
Agenda of lies: PM slams groups creating false narratives to sabotage Funan Techo Canal project (VIDEO)
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US-Funded Radio Free Asia: Cambodia’s canal project would link its coast with the Mekong River
Stimson Center Funding Sources
Viet Ecology Foundation Tax Filings (only one from 2007)
Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has for years experimented with high-altitude balloons and long-endurance, fixed-wing, solar-powered platforms capable of operating in the stratosphere. Now the service is pursuing prototyping efforts that could lead to programs of record, including one able to deploy launched effects.
Lift off: Use of high-altitude platforms gain traction in US Army
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What The U.S. Army Plans For High-Altitude Balloons, Solar Aircraft
SMDC’s Space and Missile Defense Center of Excellence actively works across the Pentagon to find high-altitude platforms, payloads and command-and-control capabilities for the service. This includes small, tactical balloons for payloads such as extended-range communications up to large, stratospheric balloons, according to a command fact sheet. In April 2022, for example, U.S. Army soldiers launched a Thunderhead High-Altitude Balloon System during exercise Balikatan 22 in the Philippines.*
*Flynn for balloons. Guess there is a different standard for the US gov?
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