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God-fearing Trump
Drone war is the future
- From Strato Energetics: The Stinger is our first mass-produced mini-weapon. It’s fully autonomous with wide-field cameras, tactical sensors, facial recognition, processors that can react 100 times faster than a human, and its stochastic motion is an anti-sniper feature. Inside it are three grams of shaped explosives that offer just enough power to penetrate the skull and kill the target with surgical precision.
- In 8-18, two drones loaded with C4 explosives swept past a parade of soldiers to launch an attack on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
- 9-14-19 Drone attacks claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck two key oil installations inside Saudi Arabia on Saturday, damaging facilities that process the vast majority of the country’s crude output and raising the risk of a disruption in world oil supplies.
- 1-2-20 Iran’s top security and intelligence commander Qassim Suleimani was killed early Friday in a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport that was authorized by President Trump, American officials said.
- 9-28-20 A major conflict has erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the long-disputed mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region, with casualties being reported on both sides after just two days of fighting. The Azerbaijani military says that its expanding drone fleet, which may now include Turkey’s increasingly popular Bayraktar TB2, has been particularly active already, destroying multiple Armenian mobile air defense systems, tanks, and other vehicles.
- 9-29-20 China’s first independently developed unmanned helicopter that will focus on plateau operation successfully completed its maiden flight in a plateau region, a milestone that demonstrates the capability of this agile drone. The AR-500C prototype completed its first plateau flight at the Daocheng Yading Airport, which is the world’s highest civilian airport with an elevation of 4,411 meters, the state-owned Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC), the aircraft’s developer, said in a statement on Monday. This flight broke the record for the elevation at which a domestically built unmanned helicopter took off and landed.
Unlike fixed-wing drones, a helicopter drone is more flexible since it does not require long runways.
China’s people smuggling laws
《中华人民共和国刑法》第三百一十八条组织他人偷越国（边）境罪
组织他人偷越国（边）境的，处二年以上七年以下有期徒刑，并处罚金；有下列情形之一的，处七年以上有期徒刑或者无期徒刑，并处罚金或者没收财产：（一）组织他人偷越国（边）境集团的首要分子；（二）多次组织他人偷越国（边）境或者组织他人偷越国（边）境人数众多的；（三）造成被组织人重伤、死亡的；（四）剥夺或者限制被组织人人身自由的；（五）以暴力、威胁方法抗拒检查的；（六）违法所得数额巨大的；（七）有其他特别严重情节的。犯前款罪，对被组织人有杀害、伤害、强奸、拐卖等犯罪行为，或者对检查人员有杀害、伤害等犯罪行为的，依照数罪并罚的规定处罚。
《中华人民共和国刑法》第三百二十一条运送他人偷越国（边）境罪
运送他人偷越国（边）境的，处五年以下有期徒刑、拘役或者管制，并处罚金；有下列情形之一的，处五年以上十年以下有期徒刑，并处罚金：（一）多次实施运送行为或者运送人数众多的；（二）所使用的船只、车辆等交通工具不具备必要的安全条件，足以造成严重后果的；（三）违法所得数额巨大的；（四）有其他特别严重情节的。在运送他人偷越国（边）境中造成被运送人重伤、死亡，或者以暴力、威胁方法抗拒检查的，处七年以上有期徒刑，并处罚金。犯前两款罪，对被运送人有杀害、伤害、强奸、拐卖等犯罪行为，或者对检查人员有杀害、伤害等犯罪行为的，依照数罪并罚的规定处罚。
據《星島日報》獲悉，負責開船的是鄧棨然，他本身在港也被控串謀意圖縱火。
China holds military drills in four seas amid tensions with Taiwan and U.S.
China has simultaneously been holding military drills in the South and East China seas as well as the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, naval authorities said Monday, amid escalating tensions with Taiwan and the United States.
The authorities have prohibited ships from navigating in the waters where the exercises have been held. The exercises, being conducted by a command based in Fujian Province facing Taiwan, are apparently aimed at landing on the island.
- US military’s frequent close-up air recons on China’s coastal area
- US spy planes fly into China airspace during drills for 2nd day in a row 8-26-20
- China’s military test-fired two missiles into the South China Sea, including a “carrier killer” military analysts suggest might have been developed to attack U.S. forces, a newspaper reported Thursday. 8-27-20
- “Deterring the Dragon, Returning U.S. Forces to Taiwan” The Army University dilusion. The PLA would take resolute military action and realize reunification by force
- US EP-3E and P-8A enter china 50 natical miles zone 9-26-20??
- 9-27-20 The PLA has reportedly sent at least ten Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft to the southwest of Taiwan and a Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft to the east of Taiwan over the past week. These intel-gathering ops are preparing for possible real combat.
The message is clear, unification by force is near.
Gong Shou Dao
Portugal Rejects U.S. Meddling in its Relations With China
The head of the Portuguese diplomacy rejected U.S. meddling in his country´s relations with China, after the american ambassador to Lisbon warned that partnering with Chinese tech company Huawei on 5G could have “consequences” for Portugal´s Defense policy.
U.S. diplomat George Glass said in his interview that Portugal must choose between the “ally” United States and the “trading partner” China and stressed there may be security and defense consequences for the European country if it chooses to work with Beijing. Glass says the US preferred that Portugal did not have any Huawei 5G equipment, underlining that if the that happens, the relationship in Defense between Portugal and the United States will change. The American Ambassador says that the consequences of Portugal choosing to work with China will not be political, at least not immediately, but may have to do with NATO’s activity or the exchange of classified information. George Glass also threatens to end the distribution of natural gas through the port of Sines, if the construction of the new terminal is given to China.
A response from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Augusto Santos Silva, on the same day. “The Portuguese Government makes note of the statements […]. But the fundamental point is this: in Portugal, the decision-makers are the Portuguese authorities, who make the decisions that benefit Portugal, within the framework of the Constitution and Portuguese law and the powers that the law gives (…) relevant authorities”, Santos Silva said, quoted by Lusa news agency.
Exercise Agile Reaper
The Air Force approved the new coursework shortly before the start of Exercise Agile Reaper, the first training event focused on those tactics in the Pacific. In keeping with the pivot away from the Middle East, patches on Airmen’s uniforms made for the event feature an MQ-9 superimposed over a red silhouette of China.
The exercise at Naval Air Station Point Mugu, Calif., began Sept. 3 and will end Sept. 29. It partners three MQ-9s with the Navy’s Third Fleet, which deploys carrier strike groups, submarines, and other sea vessels and aircraft to the Eastern Pacific, along with Air Force C-130s, and special warfare and Marine Corps personnel.
- Attacking China’s Nansha Islands or other Chinese targets using MQ-9 Reaper drones is an act of war. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army will surely fight back, causing the US military to pay a heavy price.
China will shoot down incoming US warplanes, no matter they are unmanned or manned. If those planes cause actual damage to Chinese islands and reefs, we will strike the platforms and bases from which those planes take off. The Nansha islands have only a small number of defensive weapons. If they are attacked, those islands would henceforth need to be turned into a fully operational military base to counter any serious threat to them.
Pope ‘refuses to meet Pompeo’
Pope Francis has reportedly refused to meet with Mike Pompeo to discuss a controversial accord between the Vatican and China, as the US Secretary of State visits Rome on Tuesday to drive home his warning that it endangers the “moral authority” of the Church. The details of the deal have never been made public, but it gave the Vatican a say in the appointment of Catholic bishops in China. Pope Francis also recognised eight bishops that had been appointed by Beijing without his approval.
- Vatican official accuses Trump administration of exploiting pope.
- The extension to the Vatican-China deal is expected to be signed next month.
60 km bike route opens in NT, Hong Kong
土木工程拓展署今日（28日）公布，連接元朗至上水的新單車徑明日（29日）開放予公眾使用，這段11公里長的單車徑的開通，標誌着整段60公里長、由屯門至馬鞍山的單車徑主幹線已完成。
新開放的元朗至上水單車徑途經元朗錦田河和上水塱原濕地，亦會途經新田一帶，包括大夫第和文天祥公園，單車徑沿途有配套設施如休息處，亦有單車匯合中心，設有單車租賃站、小食亭和洗手間等設施；屯門至馬鞍山單車徑的路線可瀏覽應用程式「香港出行易」。
新界單車徑網絡包含屯門至馬鞍山60公里長的主幹線和荃灣至屯門22公里長的主幹線。至於荃灣至屯門的主幹線，由荃灣青荃橋至灣景花園的一段長兩公里的新單車徑現正興建中，預計明年初開放。
運輸署 計劃於2020年下半年，在科學園及將軍澳實地試驗，以取得實際運作的經驗，包括了解公眾對單車徑上使用電動輔助單車 的接受程度； 電動輔助單車 與普通單車間的互動；以及對相關用家施加若干安全要求的成效。相關規管架構必須修訂現有法例，視乎實地試驗的評估，運輸署計劃於2021年展開法例修訂工作。
Google map from Tuen Mon to Yuen Long
AntBank (Hong Kong) open
Ant Bank (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of Ant Group, officially opened its doors Mon, offering 7/24 electronic banking services to HK residents. Local users are now able to download the app on their mobile devices and open accounts remotely in 3 mins with a permanent identity card and a Hong Kong phone number. Bank code 393, branch code 753, swift code ASEHHKHH.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced a grand total of eight virtual banking license recipients.
- WeLab (Li Ka-Shing Backed)
- Ant SME (Ant Financial)
- Livi VB ( Bank of China HK, JD Digits, and Jardines )
- Zhong An Virtual Finance
- PingAn One Connect
- SC Digital ( Standard Chartered with PCCW Limited, HKT and Ctrip Hong Kong )
- Infinium ( Tencent, ICBC, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX), Hillhouse Capital, and investment from Adrian Cheng, via Perfect Ridge Limited. )
- Insight Fintech ( Xiaomi and AMTD Group )