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Happy Year Of The Tiger!
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There is nothing to get excited about — The AC313 is just a civilian variant of the Z-8, something the flightblobal article failed to mention.China poised to fly AC313 helicopterBy Leithen Francishttp://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/09/338145/china-poised-to-fly-ac313-helicopter.htmlChina is preparing to fly its AC313 medium-lift helicopter for the first time in March, leading to
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Perhaps Shenyang Liming is trying to win back public confident by releasing Taihang production photos after the SAC outed the “Engine-Less-J-11b” last month. (here)Counter-public relations strike, PRC SOE style.Chief designer Zhong Enhe
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This is not a news item per se, but it does confirm a well-known fact that the extensive Chinese rail network buildup has a military dimension. While this PLA daily article acknowledges the prolonged military rail extension in Yunnan, it forgets to mention a similar extension in Fujian as result of the 1996 “large-scale-military-exercise.” Although the railroad extension will not speed up
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If you look like him, don’t plan to visit China.
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The 8th PLAAF Flight Academy is home to the SU-30MKK fighter-bomber “Blue-Army Aggressor Squadron”. It is trained to act as the “bad guy” in war-games by simulating the US F-15E or other SU-30 equipped Asian air forces. There are a total of three Blue-Army Aggressor squadrons under the PLAAF orbat; the other two are equipped with J-10A (60x8x) and J-7E (15xxx) to simulate lighter, single
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Address： No.68,Tanghou Road, Wusong Town, Baoshan District,ShanghaiShop hours：8:00~17:00Phone: 021 – 56163295/56564153http://shanghai.cultural-china.com/html/Arts—Culture/Museum/200810/22-436.htmlThe Shanghai Museum of Navy consists of 4 exhibition halls. The exhibition of the navy history: There are over 5,000 pictures and over 1,500 objects, describing the historical evolution of China’s
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On March 2009, the PRC Administration of Fishery and Fishing Harbor Supervision (AFFHS) confirmed (here) that five “heavier than 3000-ton” class patrol ships with helicopter support platform were ordered to augment its law enforcement capabilities.This recently revealed mini-Type054 could be one of the five ordered by the AFFHS. Together with the transferred Type R22T Fuchi class AOR Fuxianhu
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In November 2009, China expressed interest in playing a “lead role” in the fight against Somali pirates. (here) They requested to co-chair SHADE (Shared Awareness and Deconfliction) jointly with the EU and US-led Combined Maritime Force, headquartered in Bahrain.After receiving support from the EU delegation, China is now approved to lead SHADE’s anti-piracy patrols off Somalia. This effort
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In case you were wondering what that Light Sport aircraft is from the “engine-less J-11B” post (here), it is a Cessna 162 Skycatcher. The aircraft will be shipped from the Shenyang Aircraft Company back to the U.S. where they will be reassembled.http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/cessna_skycatcher_first_flight_production_china_201174-1.html September 17, 2009Production Cessna Skycatcher Flies
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The consistent US arms sales to the ROC and the EU’s perpetual “consideration” to lift the arms embargo to China have almost become ritualized. At the end of the day, despite all the diplomatic protest by the PRC, the US will sell most of the non-head line items to the ROC (here). And as a gesture to the PRC, the US will leave the big ticket items out, such as F-16s. The EU will continue to
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The recently aired CCTV documentary has confirmed that the secretive Chinese underwater guns are based on the Russian designs*The Russian SPP-1 4.5mm underwater pistol can accommodate either a twin or quad-barrel arrangement with a cartridge in each which is inserted into the pistol’s breech. The Chinese QSS-05 5.8mm adoption (or 山寨) has a tri-barrel pistol arrangement.The Chinese also “山寨-ed”
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China-Defense is asking for donations to Haiti to help with the relief efforts, together we can make a different.http://www.unicefusa.org/?gclid=CLrZpuLmuZ8CFQcQagodnC2y0Qhttp://www.oxfam.org/http://www.mercycorps.org/http://www.icrc.org/
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China to send military medical team to quake-hit Haiti(Xinhua)Updated: 2010-01-23 01:09http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/2010-01/23/content_9365281.htmBEIJING: The Chinese government has decided to send a military medical team to quake-hit Haiti at the request of the United Nations, a Defense Ministry spokesperson said here Friday. China to send military medical team to quake-hit Haiti Major
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The 15th ABC’s organic helicopter regiment was first revealed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake rescue work and then by a high profile fly-by during the 60th national day celebration.It is now time for the 15th to test its newly found air mobility assault capability in a large military exercise. The advantage of air mobile assault over airdrop are many: ranging from entire unit delivery in one
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Together with other Chinese civilian aviation products, the Y-7 Turboprop Transport Aircraft has an extensive military service history with both the PLAAF and the PLAN-AF. This light tactical transport was developed by the Xian Aircraft Industry Company (XAC) in 1966 based on the Soviet An-24, with maiden flight conducted on 1970.By 2006 all the original Y-7s has been withdrawn from civilian
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http://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/70377662.htmlInterview: Yang GuoxiangOne of China’s top test pilots recalls the H-Bomb that almost backfired.* By Bob Bergin* Air & Space Magazine, January 01, 2010When your assignment is to drop a live nuclear bomb, you’d better not return to base with it. But that’s just what happened in 1971 to Yang Guoxiang, a pilot with the People’s Liberation
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Here is the most interesting statement from Bodeen’s writeup “Other analysts, however, said U.S. officials had been monitoring preparations for the test at least as far back as September.” This revelation seems to fit into Zhouyu2002′s argument posted on the China Defense forum earlier:”While political prognosticators and Poli Sci types at Renmin University want to interpret this in purely
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Hopefully, the 50 Chinese rescuers will put the lessons learned during the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake to good use. 8 Chinese peacekeepers buried, 10 missing in Haiti15:40, January 13, 2010 http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90883/6867760.htmlA 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday (local time) and is feared to have killed thousands of people in the capital, Port-au-Prince.Eight
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With this announcement, expect a sleuth of write-ups from the “usual suspects” Christopher BodeenBeijing — The Associated Press Published on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 2:15PM ESThttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/china-says-missile-defence-test-a-success/article1427275/China announced that its military intercepted a missile in mid-flight Monday in a test of new technology that comes amid
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To quote Gabriel Collins and Michael Grubb*”The question of China’s ability to rise again as a great sea power has been closely tied to its commercial shipbuilding development….. Already is demonstrating an ability to sustain its maritime influence that the Soviet Union and other land powers cum sea powers rarely or never did…..Yet China still has a long way to go if it hopes to become a
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