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TikTok ban: Donald Trump to BAN Chinese social media app TikTok in the USA - reports CHINESE social media app TikTok may be banned in the US as President Donald Trump cracks down further on China's influence amid concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, it has emerged. By  Dylan Donnelly 00:08, Thu, Jul 9, 2020  We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our  Privacy Notice  for details of your data protection rights. Fox News has reported that President Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is looking to ban the Chinese-made social media giant along with almost 60 similar apps. Mr Pompeo said the ban is a response to fears the Chinese app may be used by the Beijing government to deliver propaganda and to spy on users. Speaking to Laura Ingraham, Pompeo revealed that he and Trump are taking reports of Beijing surveillance and propaganda through TikTok and other apps incredibly seriously. He said on The Ingraham Angle on Fox News: “We have worked

EDITORS' PICK | Jul 23, 2020, 08:00am EDT China Aims Missiles At Guam. How Should the Pentagon Defend America’s Pacific Bomber Base? David Axe Contributor Aerospace & Defense A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense interceptor LEAH GARTON/MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY More From Forbes The U.S. Navy admiral in charge of Indo-Pacific Command is worried about Guam. In the event of war, the Chinese military could target the U.S. island territory with cruise and ballistic missiles, Adm. Phil Davidson warned. And that could remove from the map the U.S. Air Force’s main Pacific base for bombers and other heavy warplanes. The solution, Davidson said, is to install the Aegis missile-defense system on Guam. Aegis Ashore could function as “the backbone of [a] homeland defense system” for the territory, Davidson  told reporters  on Wednesday. Guam lies 1,800 miles from China in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s close enough from the Asian mainland to function as a base for bombers, tankers and

War News Updates A News Aggregator That Covers The World's Major Wars And Conflicts. Military, Political, And Intelligence News Are Also Covered. Occasionally We Will Have Our Own Opinions Or Observations To Make. Wednesday, July 22, 2020 Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 22, 2020 Reuters Kris Osborne, National Interest:   Is the U.S. Army Building a New "Big 10" Set of Futuristic Weapons? They build the renounced "Big 5" weapons programs in the 1980s, so why can't the military do it again? U.S. Army leaders are quite vocal and clear about the service’s six major modernization priorities, however, a close look across the spectrum of current major programs raises an interesting and pertinent question: could the Army now be building ten new platforms? The 1980s-era “Big Five” weapons platforms are well known and often discussed as defining elements of the modern Army. These five systems are all combat tested and were massively upgraded over the yea