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2024: Ham Radio in China, Soon Chinese Hams in Space

Posted on 05/22/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

I’ve talked with Chinese hams during some of my overseas postings — as 7J6CBQ in Okinawa, Japan and as 7Q7DFC in Lilongwe, Malawi — though not yet from my home station in Virginia. During my ten years working as a … Continue reading →

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2024: Taiwan Civil Defense Alert on PRC Satellite Launch

Posted on 01/09/2024 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

It looks like Taiwan’s civil defense is being forward-leaning during the presidential election period.  The phones were all buzz buzzing with a civil defense alert but nobody in the dentist’s office I was visiting was at all excited.  This afternoon, in … Continue reading →

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2023: Taiwan’s Military Preparations — Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)

Posted on 01/08/2023 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

With an eye to growing intimidation efforts from the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan is boosting its military capabilities. Taiwan recently announced that it is extending compulsory military service from three months to one year to allow for better training of its … Continue reading →

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2022: PRC Researcher on Next Generation U.S. Early Warning Satellites

Posted on 06/29/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

This Chinese article published in the PRC open journal Modern Defense Technology [ 现代防御技术], evaluates U.S. progress in developing next generation early warning satellites illustrates open source collection, provides an overview of military space high tech field and gives some indication … Continue reading →

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2022: PRC Defense: Starlink Countermeasures

Posted on 05/25/2022 by 高大伟 David Cowhig

The article translated below from the PRC journal Modern Defense Technology “The Development Status of Starlink and Its Countermeasures” discusses countering a military threat — more precisely military threats enabled by much faster communications — and what capabilities China would … Continue reading →

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