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Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL), the world’s largest electric vehicle battery maker, has delivered a cluster of upbeat announcements within the past one week. These included new investment plans in Europe, test results showing ultra-long-life lithium batteries and a sodium-ion vehicle partnership with Changan Auto. The developments highlight how CATL is pressing ahead with technological The post Under US scrutiny, CATL rolls out new batteries and investment appeared first on Asia Times.

In 1938, watching the rise of totalitarianism in Europe and the looming shadow of global conflict, Bertrand Russell defined “naked power.” In his seminal work Power: A New Social Analysis he described power that requires no consent, no tradition and no justification other than force itself. It was the raw, unmediated relationship of “the butcher The post When the screen turns black in the age of digital sieges appeared first on Asia Times.

The New START treaty, the last remaining agreement constraining Russian and US nuclear weapons, lapsed on February 4. There are no negotiations to extend the terms of the treaty, either. As US President Donald Trump said dismissively in a recent interview, “if it expires, it expires.” The importance of the New START treaty is hard The post New START’s expiration invites new nuclear arms race appeared first on Asia Times.

China’s latest high-power microwave (HPM) breakthrough, a powerful truck-mountable system described by Chinese researchers and Chinese media as a potential counter to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations such as Starlink, signals a shift toward non-kinetic weapons designed to paralyze satellites, command networks, and modern warfare itself. This month, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that The post China’s ‘Starlink killer’ new cutting edge of microwave weapons appeared first on Asia Times.