This report looks at China’s infrastructure investments in Papua New Guinea as an area of growing strategic competition between China and the US, Australia, and other allies. The report follows the airport expansion work at Momote Airport under a sanctioned Chinese construction firm also connected with South China Sea work. Read more of this report at Tearline.mil.   What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic and humanitarian intelligence topics that tend to be under-reported withi ..read more

This “red cell” or alternative outcomes analysis looks at a scenario where Chinese banks could seize government property and assets inside of Montenegro if they default on their large Belt Road Initiative (BRI) loan from China. Read more of this report at Tearline.mil.   What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic and humanitarian intelligence topics that tend to be under-reported within long-form format. This authoritative open source content will be cited for internal purposes and ..read more

Since 2017, the PLA has aggressively expanded its heliport network along the Sino-Indian border. The PLA's expansion is curious considering that many of its newest heliports are located at extreme elevations that may degrade its current vertical lift capability. Read more of this report at Tearline.mil.   What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic and humanitarian intelligence topics that tend to be under-reported within long-form format. This authoritative open source content will ..read more

The National Counterintelligence and Security Center at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has unveiled a new digital exhibit on espionage and sabotage as part of its ongoing “Evolution of Espionage in America” project.     Housed on Intelligence.gov, the Intelligence Community's platform for greater public transparency, the project is designed to share with a worldwide audience the critical role of espionage throughout our nation’s history. The new exhibit, focused on World War I, can be found at Intelligence.gov/evolution-of-espionage/world-war-1. “A little ov ..read more

This report, a follow-up to the first, summarizes confirmed impacts to cultural heritage sites due to the conflict in Ukraine by the Cultural Heritage Monitoring Lab (CHML). CHML analysts confirmed conflict-related impacts to 108 cultural sites between February and June 2022 and 99 cultural sites between July and August 2022, totaling 207 since February 2022. Read more of this intelligence report at Tearline.mil. What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic and humanitarian intelligence t ..read more

The airfield at Dara Sakor in Cambodia is part of China’s Belt Road Initiative (BRI). Since 2019, there have been numerous open defense and international affairs-focused reports (official and unofficial) detailing the potential for dual-use capability at the airfield by serving as a potential staging ground for Chinese military aircraft. However, there is little GEOINT evidence of dual-use or a military look-and-feel to the airport outside of a runway sufficient for emergency use by military aircraft at this time. Rather, the evidence as it currently stands, points to another overly grand an ..read more

This piece surveys and geolocates the expansion of Chinese telecommunication companies in South America. Read more of this report at Tearline.mil.   What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic and humanitarian intelligence topics that tend to be under-reported within long-form format. This authoritative open source content will be cited for internal purposes and it will grow public trust by increasing transparency around shared public-private interest in various strategic and humani ..read more

This report looks at attacks on oil storage and the leaking of chemicals into the watershed to assess environmental impact. It uses elevation data and hydro tools to calculate runoff throughout the watershed from rainfall mixed in with chemicals from the targeted tankers. Read more of this report at Tearline.mil.   What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic and humanitarian intelligence topics that tend to be under-reported within long-form format. This authoritative open source co ..read more

This report builds on the previous content by adding 102 more confirmed impacts for a total of 309. Moreover, this report notes the continued trend that cultural heritage sites commonly found in urban areas (e.g., places of worship, art centers, museums, libraries, and memorials) continue to sustain the most observed damage. This trend will likely persist as civilian infrastructure continues to be targeted. Read more of this report at Tearline.mil. What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strat ..read more

North Korea's tourism industry took a major hit in 2020 when the pandemic forced the country to close its borders. Once high-profile construction projects were effectively halted as priorities shifted toward domestically oriented projects. Despite a slow reopening to trade in 2022, activity at the North's key tourist sites remains largely unchanged. Read more of this report at Tearline.mil. What is NGA Tearline? NGA is partnering with expert private groups to grow public-facing, authoritative open source intelligence on various strategic and humanitarian intelligence topics that tend to be u ..read more