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  Opinion | To Outbuild China, America Needs Friends The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding  values . It is separate from the newsroom. One of the most  important weapons in the American arsenal is the  Tomahawk  cruise missile, which can travel over 1,000 miles to deliver 1,000 pounds of explosives within just feet of a target. In June, the military fired 30 of them to destroy parts of Iran’s nuclear facilities without putting a single American soldier in danger. With threats growing in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, the United States and its allies can’t get enough of them. In a protracted war, we would  run   out  of Tomahawks for our own forces, let alone for those of our allies. Last year, a solution seemed to present itself. The United States was close to a deal to co-produce Tomahawks at a factory in Japan, potentially doubling production of t...
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  U.S. Army Changes Tools and Tactics to Prepare for the Next Pacific War Quick Summary The U.S. Army is rapidly adopting new drone technology and tactics to prepare for potential great-power conflict in the Pacific. Soldiers are training with diverse drone systems, including 3-D-printed explosive drones and antidrone measures like wearable blockers and smart rifles. The Army is shifting toward nimble, expendable equipment and aims to accelerate domestic drone production to match competitors like China. An artificial-intelligence tool created this summary, which was based on the text of the article and checked by an editor.  Read more  about how we use artificial intelligence in our journalism. The U.S. Army is rapidly adopting new drone technology and tactics to prepare for potential great-power conflict in the Pacific. SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii—A winged drone circled 2,000 feet above the jungle. “Three pax,” said U.S. Army Specialist Josiah Whitt, counting enemy troops...
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  Exclusive | U.S. Forces Raid Ship, Seize Cargo Headed to Iran From China The Iranian flag over Tehran in November.   atta kenare/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, U.S. officials said, a rare interdiction operation at sea aimed at blocking Tehran from rebuilding its military arsenal. The ship was several hundred miles off the coast of Sri Lanka when the operatives boarded it and confiscated the cargo before letting the vessel proceed, the officials said. The U.S. had been tracking the shipment, according to the officials and another person familiar with the operation. Advertisement The previously undisclosed raid was part of a Pentagon effort to disrupt the Islamic Republic’s clandestine military procurement after Israel and the U.S.  inflicted heavy damage on its nuclear and missile facilities  during a 12-day conflict in June...
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  L’éditorial de Gaëtan de Capèle : «Face à la concurrence destructrice de l’ogre chinois, l’Europe doit réagir d’urgence» Gaëtan de Capèle. Le Figaro Automobile, sidérurgie, pharmacie… Aucun secteur n’étant désormais à l’abri, d’autres suivront sans une réaction. Petit à petit, l’étau se resserre. L’ogre chinois, qui accaparera dans quelques années la moitié de la production industrielle mondiale, poursuit son entreprise de destruction. Avec  la faillite de Brandt , laminé par cette irrésistible concurrence, le dernier site français d’électroménager ferme ses portes. C’est une catastrophe économique, un désastre social et un nouveau symbole de la révolution en cours après  l’affaire Shein , synonyme de la liquidation du commerce. L’arrière-cour du miracle chinois est peu reluisante : des milliers d’ouvriers, souvent des femmes, fabriquent jour et nuit, dans des conditions indignes et pour des salaires de misère, les produits qui décimeront nos entrepr...
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Vida de un repartidor en China El gigante asiático es el mayor mercado de comercio en línea del planeta; Hu Anyan ha narrado en un libro su precaria experiencia en el sector de la paquetería Repartidores, en una calle de Pekín el pasado 14 de noviembre. CHENG XIN (GETTY IMAGES) Tiene el rostro del tipo corriente, con esa mueca en la comisura de los labios que denota años de penurias. Viste una sudadera, lleva el pelo rapado. Lo has visto mil veces por la calle. Podría ser cualquiera de ellos: uno de los  miles de repartidores de paquetes  que zumban por Pekín. Hu Anyan lo fue hasta hace no demasiado. Ahora tiene delante una hamburguesa y una cerveza que sorbe mientras desgrana su historia: “Mucha gente desconoce cómo un pedido puede llegar a su casa en un solo día”. En China, los envíos de cosas a domicilio son una fiebre. Todos piden de todo a todas horas. Es  el mercado de comercio en línea más grande  del planeta, con una media de 125 paquetes por persona al año. ...
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  Printing money sounds like a good idea until reality comes to the party Dominic O’Connell Next image  › "Everyone likes more public services and higher government spending as long as they are not the ones paying for it. As George Bernard Shaw put it in 1944, a government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul. Why should politicians not take this idea to its logical conclusion? What if neither Peter nor Paul had to pay, and you could snaffle both their votes? What if the Treasury could simply print as much money as it wanted to pay for whatever we needed? That might sound mad, but it is an old idea that is coming back into vogue thanks to Zack Polanski, the leader of the Green Party. He has said the government shouldn’t worry about the gilts market and the Bank of England’s balance sheet is “money we owe to ourselves”. As Matthew Parris pointed out on Wednesday, all kinds of people love Polanski’s fresh approach. It may, however, be about to be r...
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