people's republic of china

Hi there, Time is ripe to open this thread. 863 and super-893 programs have matured up to the point where we should be connecting the dots. Based on recently published information by the [Elixir] organization, which would be nice to collectively fact check, China might have tested one of its...

That has some interesting implications for what H-20 may end up looking like... It'll sure be interesting if B-21 and H-20 both come out with similar planform Where'd you find that picture from btw?

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/can-chinas-dreadnought-tip-the-naval-balance-15539 Just over a decade ago, Western naval analysts (including this one) marveled over the PLAN’s new “Red Aegis” Type 052C destroyer, the first Chinese warship to wield both phased array radars and vertical...

Hi everybody, It seemed we did not have any clearly identifiable thread on this subject yet. Now we do. Project 0901 is a national endeavor -- not to be confused with project 0902 (Fusion) -- and seems to broadly cover anything related to high-speed scramjet research for the purpose of flying...

"China submarines outnumber U.S. fleet: U.S. admiral" Source: http://news.yahoo.com/china-submarines-outnumber-u-fleet-u-admiral-231854613--finance.html

http://aviationweek.com/defense/new-chinese-airlifter-could-enter-service-2020s

Now this would be a game changer if they actually pulled it off in the next decade or so http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1580226/shanghai-san-francisco-100-minutes-chinese-supersonic-submarine

On May 13, 2013, China launched a rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. The Chinese Academy of Sciences stated it was a high-altitude scientific research mission, but unofficial U.S. government sources say it was actually a test of a new ballistic missile related...

Hi; Time is ripe to open a new thread dedicated to China's current advanced nuclear propulsion studies for future deep-space planetary exploration missions. On December 23, 2013, CAST disclosed that one particular 863 program entitled "Nuclear power spacecraft general technical and safety...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25178299 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgZslWEQZHY http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?232992-Chinese-mission-to-Moon-launches http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-26/chinas-jade-rabbit-moonshot...

Hi, Available information on Iaotian-1 Aotian-1 is still confusing and remains to be pieced up properly. China has seemingly flown-tested, on september 20, 2013 an unpowered experimental vehicle code-named Iaotian-1 Aotian-1 (遨天1号 or 遨天一号in the Hulun Buir (呼伦贝尔市) region (northeastern inner...

Has the People's Republic of China cloned the Boeing AH-64 Apache? Photos from China Defense Blogspot. Source: http://chinadefense.blogspot.com/2012/02/us-apache-helicopter-appeared-in-china.html

Hi all, I just finished reading the book "The Black Bats" by Chris Pocock, which describes the Taiwanese spy flights over mainland China from 1949. The PLA jet fighters were too fast to intercept the Taiwanese P2V Neptunes by night, so they developed a nightfighter version of their "slow"...

Has anyone heard about this, or is it old news here? http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_buys_Russian_bombers_999.html

Hey ... we don't have a specific tread on Chinese ASM's and since yesterday the first image of the long rumoured YJ-12 was posted .... Deino

Is China building an Ulyanovsk-class (Project 1153 OREL) aircraft carrier? Source: http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=691

Not 100% sure but with a MAD-boom, a weapons-bay and a large serach radar ... I would say that's the long rumoured Y-8GX-6 ASW. Deino

War is Boring and offiziere.ch are jointly reporting on a story, coming out via the EX-SKF blog, that the PLAN has suffered a major nuclear accident onboard a sub at the port of Dalian. EX-SKF got the report in turn from a blog (Japanese language) run by a former JASDF pilot. The accident...

Just "found" at XAC ... not sure if a Y-7-derivate or a completely new type, but anyway most likely something new from China again. Deino China naval AEW (most likely) spotted

Massive rocket base to be built The world's largest design, production and testing base for rockets is being built in Tianjin, Liang Xiaohong, deputy head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, said Thursday. The first phase of the rocket industrial base in Tianjin's Binhai New Area...