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Dave Makichuk

Dave Makichuk has been a senior copy editor in all sections — news, sports, auto, travel and technology. Directed content and design of the Driving section at both the Calgary Herald and Calgary Sun. Helped create special sections for events such as the World Series, Olympics, Spruce Meadows and NHL playoffs. Former chief copy editor with Myanmar Eleven at Nation Multimedia, Bangkok, and the military & security editor for Asia Times in Hong Kong. Now a columnist with the Western Standard in Alberta and a contributor to ChinaFactor.news and AsiaFinancial. Creator and moderator of "Moscow Rules" intelligence group on Facebook. No fake media awards to speak of, and even if I did, I would drop-kick it through the uprights. Long-time Red Wings, Tigers & Lions fan ... a proud enemy of the state, staunch Alberta separatist and defender of the oppressed.

China’s new submarine makes more than a few waves

February 17, 2022February 16, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

The PLA Navy boat does not fit into conventional wisdom as it is smaller than most subs in the United States fleet

Categories Asia-Pacific Tension Tags China, PLAN, Type-039C/D, Yuan-class submarines Leave a comment

Indonesia is rapidly arming in the shadow of China

February 25, 2022February 12, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

US State Department has cleared Indonesia to buy up to 36 Boeing F-15 fighters in US$13.9 billion deal

Categories Asia-Pacific Tension Tags China, F-15EX, France, Indonesia, News, Rafale fighter jet, Scorpene submarines, The Long Read Leave a comment

Torch relay decision paints China as aggressor

February 13, 2022February 5, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

Media reports say China deliberately minimized losses in Galwan clash on the Line of Control

Categories Olympics Row Tags Beijing Olympics, China, Galwan clash, India, Line of Control, News, United States, Uyghurs Leave a comment

Race on to retrieve sunken US Navy stealth fighter

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

Finding the crashed US$100-million F-35C has become a priority for Washington

Categories China-US Relations Tags F-35C, News, South China Sea, US Navy, USS Carl Vinson Leave a comment

US blunts Chinese push for Israeli defense tech

February 2, 2022January 28, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

Israel ‘walking on a thin rope’ as it tries to balance economic interests with China and Washington

Categories China-US Relations Tags China, Defense technologies, Israel, News, President Obama, United States Leave a comment

Defection of Chinese rocket scientist rocks Beijing

January 26, 2022January 25, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

It could take China years to tweak its systems and render this ‘intelligence ineffective’

Categories Spy Story Tags British intelligence, CIA, Defector, Hong Kong, Hypersonic Missiles, MI6, News Leave a comment

Are hypersonics the answer to matching China?

February 3, 2022January 21, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

Pentagon isn’t panicking yet over China’s lead in the hypersonic missile race

Categories China-US Relations Tags China, Hypersonic weapons, News, Russia, United States, US Air Force Leave a comment

China may soon feel the sting of US Navy’s MQ-25A tanker

January 26, 2022January 19, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

US Navy’s new tanker conducted the first successful refueling of an F-35c fighter.

Categories China-US Tension Tags China, Drones, MQ-25A, News, President Xi Jinping, United States, US Navy Leave a comment

China’s Liaoning flagship outclassed and outgunned

January 26, 2022January 17, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

The stripped hulk was purchased in 1998 and towed to the Dalian naval shipyard in China

Categories Analysis Tags Beijing, China, Communist Party of China, News, PLAN, President Xi Jinping Leave a comment

Marines have a new weapon to combat Chinese forces

February 3, 2022January 12, 2022 by Dave Makichuk

American troops have a game-changer against the People’s Liberation Army in the ‘Ship-to-Shore Connector’

Categories Analysis Tags ChinaFactor, Far-Flung Islands, News, Pacific Ocean, PLA, South China Sea, US Marines Leave a comment
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