Report: US Naval Supremacy Under Threat from China
Morning Coffee is a robust blend of links to news around the internet concerning the Naval Air Station Patuxent River economic community. The opinions expressed here do not reflect opinions of the Leader’s owners or staff. A Center for Strategic and International Studies’ report issued last week found that China has grown to be the world’s dominant player in shipbuilding over the past two decades, reports The Associated Press. This poses economic and national security challenges for the US and its allies, according to the report released March 11. China claims to have more than half of the world’s commercial…
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Teams of Hackers Take On a US Satellite
International teams of hackers were competing over the weekend to remotely seize control of SpaceX satellite Moonlighter. The Hack-a-Sat contest was part of a cybersecurity convention taking place in Las Vegas, NV.
MD Won’t Send Guard to Southern Border
A growing list of Republican leaders are sending their state National Guard soldiers or other state law enforcement officers to the US border with Mexico. Gov. Wes Moore (D) said last week that “Maryland’s not doing that. Right now, what Maryland is doing — Maryland is focusing on public safety here. Maryland is focusing on our schools here. Maryland is focusing on the myriad of challenges and the myriad of opportunities that we have here in the state of Maryland … .”
DoD: Atlantic Wind Projects ‘Highly Problematic’
The Pentagon is sounding alarms over the Biden administration’s plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations.
