Marines getting new amphibious ship designed for critical China mission
by The Washington Times
The Washington Times— If Marines are expected to counter Chinese military operations in the Indo-Pacific region, they are going to need a way to shuttle troops from island to island across a vast maritime expanse while bottling up China’s own navy.
FOX News—Newsom gets hilarious reality check after turning to public for new state coin design. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday asked for the public’s help in designing a new $1 coin to honor the state's innovations, but many of the responses pointed to anything but positive accomplishments for which the state was once proudly known. When people outside California think of innovation, they think of things like Silicon Valley and the tech boom as well as leading the way in wildlife conservation. But lately, businesses have been fleeing the blue state because of its failure to...
CNN—Chinese water cannon damages ship in new South China Sea flare-up, Philippines says. China’s coast guard fired water cannons that damaged a Philippine vessel on Tuesday, marking the latest flare-up of violence between the two countries in the disputed South China Sea, Philippine authorities said. The Philippine Coast Guard said the incident occurred as one of its ships and a fisheries agency vessel carried out a “legitimate patrol” near Scarborough Shoal, a Chinese-controlled rocky outcrop 130 miles (200 kilometers) west of the main Philippine island of Luzon and inside Manila’s...
Drudge Report—China blasts rocket to eerie far side of the Moon in new Chang’e-6 mission to grab mysterious rock sample b. CHINA has successfully launched its Chang’e-6 spacecraft as part of its mission to retrieve new samples from the Moon. Now, operators on Earth must await confirmation of it reaching it’