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Picture of Chinese Reconnaissance Drone Revealed
A Chinese website on Monday provided the first picture of the country’s homegrown unmanned aerial vehicle, called “Xianglong.” Although a small model appeared at the 2006 China Air Show before completion, it is the first time the unmanned aircraft itself has been seen. Where the photo was taken is not known. Similar to the U.S. [...]
China’s Aircraft Carrier Is A Highly Vulnerable Extravagance
It has been more than twenty years since the U.S. Navy had a major naval vessel as a target in the event of war. In the 1970s and 1980s the Soviet Navy produced a series of major surface combatants to tempt the U.S. Navy. There were large destroyers, a number of cruiser classes and even [...]
Asia on maritime crash course: Australia think-tank
Nationalism and hunger for resources are stoking maritime disputes in Indo-Pacific Asia, with China showing “troubling signs of assertiveness at sea”, an Australian think-tank warned Tuesday. The Lowy Institute foreign policy group said there had been an “upsurge in confrontation at sea in Asia in recent years”, with clashes increasing in both frequency and intensity [...]
Taiwan supersonic missile test flops
Taiwan’s defence ministry on Tuesday confirmed reports that a new supersonic anti-ship missile had missed its target during a routine naval drill, in the latest in a series of setbacks. Analysts say the Hsiung Feng (Brave Wind) III missile, designed to cruise at a maximum speed of Mach 2.0, or twice the speed of sound, [...]
Taiwan upgrades fighter jets
Taiwan will this week receive its first batch of a fleet of Indigenous Defensive Fighters upgraded as part as part of a $587 million dollar project to beef up air defences, officials said Sunday. An unspecified number of the domestically-manufactured jets are scheduled to be delivered in central Taichung city Thursday, an air force spokesman [...]
NATO defends air war, Italy urges end to Libya conflict
NATO defended the credibility of its air war in Libya after a bomb misfired killing civilians, while Italy called Wednesday for an immediate halt to hostilities to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. On the diplomatic front, China said on Wednesday it recognises Libya’s opposition National Transitional Council (NTC) as an “important dialogue partner.” “I [...]
China: Libya opposition important dialogue partner
China said Wednesday it recognized Libya’s rebel opposition as an “important dialogue partner”, in a further sign of Beijing’s willingness to get more deeply engaged in the Libyan conflict. The praise for Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) came in a statement by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi after talks in Beijing earlier in the day [...]
First China aircraft carrier sea trial next week
China’s first aircraft carrier, Varyag — a remodeled Soviet-era vessel — will go on sea trials next week, a report said Tuesday, amid escalating tensions in the South China Sea. China’s top military official reportedly confirmed earlier this month that Beijing is building a huge aircraft carrier, the first acknowledgement of the ship’s existence from [...]
China’s 5th Gen fighter ‘a showoff’
China’s fifth-generation fighter program is more for effect than substance, Russia’s leading aircraft maker said on Monday. China carried out its first test-flight of a fifth-generation stealth fighter in January. “It was more a demonstration than a real program,” Mikhail Pogosyan, head of United Aircraft Corporation, said. The Chinese aircraft industry is developing successfully but [...]
