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  • New Silo Type Built at 1st Test and Training District in Jilantai

    The People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force (PLARF) has constructed an unknown type of fixed launch system at the 1st Test and Training District in Jilantai that appears capable of launching multiple missiles. Although satellite imagery is not conclusive, this launch system may employ a multi-cell

  • CASI Quarterly update #2 for 2026

          CASI Quarterly update#2 for 2026Friends of CASI,            Yet another amazing CASI Conference is in the books!  We had over 250 people participate this year.  We had a panel on the PLA’s four “Forces”- Aerospace, Cyberspace, Information Support, and Joint Logistics Support Forces.  We had

  • 9th Aviation Brigade Likely Validates Manned-Unmanned Teaming Combat Methods

    The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has likely made significant progress in developing effective manned-unmanned teaming (MUMT) concepts and employment tactics. As early as 2024, combat units began participating in the combat method validation process for MUMT. A maintainer affiliated

  • China's SEAD Tactics & Doctrine

    Modern air warfare has demonstrated air superiority can no longer be assumed, even by technologically advanced militaries. The proliferation of mobile, networked, and resilient air defense systems has engendered a crucial shift. Once characterized by rapid dominance, aerial campaigns now manifest as

  • CASI's "SHOCK WAVE" - a Useful Fiction about the future of hypersonics

    Useful Fiction, is an analytical tool that deliberately blends rigorous nonfiction research with engaging storytelling. It bridges the gap between academic reports and creative narrative to help organizations visualize, plan for, and prepare for the future. Useful Fiction is designed to allow the

  • TFTC: The Next Battlefield is Within  

    Thoughts from the ChairmanThe Next Battlefield is Within     For centuries, nations measured power through armies, fleets, and factories. Those things remain important, but the next great competition among nations will be fought at a different level. The nations that can understand life itself,

  • Tiananmen Square: The Declassified History - w/ postscript 2026

    The Chinese army crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests killed thousands of people, up to 10,000 according to released declassified UK documents. The figure was given in a secret diplomatic cable from then British ambassador to China, Sir Alan Donald written on 5 June 1989.  The cable is in

  • 2026 Conference Bios

    Air Vice-Marshal (Ret) Michael Blackburn joined the RAF as a Nimrod navigator in 1995. He has served in a wide variety of roles, including within PJHQ and HQ Air Command in the UK, and has commanded overseas twice as Commanding Officer 902 Expeditionary Air Wing in Oman and as Station Commander RAF

  • CASI Conference 2026

    2026 CASI ConferenceThursday 21 May 2026 at National Defense UniversityCASI's biennial CASI Conference Thursday 21 May 2026  National Defense University in the Lincoln Hall auditorium.                                                                                        AGENDA  07:15  

  • ITOW: Legal Warfare

    Translations from Chinese source documentsThe “In Their Own Words” series is dedicated to translations of Chinese documents in order to help non-Mandarin speaking audiences access and understand Chinese thinking. In the “In Their Own Words” series, CASI and its collaborators aim to provide Chinese

  • TFTC: Cultivating the Next Generation

    Thoughts from the ChairmanCultivating the Next Generation             中国, China, literally “The Middle Kingdom”, that is where we belong, in the middle, and that is where we shall return.  By the one hundred year anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic, the Communist Party shall lead

  • Early PRC Media Responses to the Boeing F-47

    In March 2025, the U.S. Air Force announced that the contract award for the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform would go to Boeing, which will develop and manufacture the F-47 sixth-generation fighter aircraft. Described by the Air Force Chief of Staff as the “crown jewel” of the NGAD

  • CASI Quarterly update #1 for 2026

    CASI Quarterly update#1 for 2026Friends of CASI,            Yet another busy quarter to start off the year.  Despite a couple of shutdown bumps along the way, CASI remains actively engaged across the full spectrum of our Charter- Research, Warfighter Support, Education, and Engagement.  Let us know

  • ITOW: Science of Second Artillery Campaigns

    Translations from Chinese source documentsThe “In Their Own Words” series is dedicated to translations of Chinese documents in order to help non-Mandarin speaking audiences access and understand Chinese thinking. In the “In Their Own Words” series, CASI and its collaborators aim to provide Chinese