China’s new H-20 stealth bomber ‘not really’ a concern for Pentagon, says intel official


by Breaking Defense

Breaking Defense— “The thing with the H-20 is when you actually look at the system design, it’s probably nowhere near as good as US LO [low observable] platforms, particularly more advanced ones that we have coming down,” said a DoD intelligence official.

The Guardian—The new ‘space race’: what are China’s ambitions and why is the US so concerned?. As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its advancementsChina to launch ambitious moon missionThe worsening rivalry between the world’s two most powerful countries that has in recent years spread across the world, has now extended beyond the terrestrial, into the realms of the celestial.As China has become deeply enmeshed in strategic competition with the US – while edging towards outright hostilities with other...

CNBC—China may have to brace for a new wave of bond defaults, S&P says. China might see a new wave of bond defaults as soon as next year — the third round in about a decade, according to an S&P Global Ratings report released Tuesday.

NBC News—Someone fishing with a magnet dredged up new evidence in Georgia couple’s killing, officials say. McRAE-HELENA, Ga. — Someone using a magnet to fish for metal objects in a Georgia creek pulled up a rifle and some lost belongings of a couple found slain in the same area more than nine years ago. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said driver’s licenses, credit cards and other items dredged from Horse Creek in rural Telfair County are “new evidence” in a murder case that’s still awaiting trial. A person who was magnet fishing in the creek on April 14 discovered a .22-caliber rifle, the GBI...