people's republic of china

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

Model of AVIC AC3X2 on display at the Tianjin International Helicopter Exposition on August 29 - September 1, 2013 Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/chinese-defence/275380-avic-developing-k800-unmanned-helicopter-blue-whale-quad-tiltrotor-2.html

Artist's impression of AVIC AC312C the C stands for Challenge. First flight is scheduled for 2016. Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/chinese-defence/275380-avic-developing-k800-unmanned-helicopter-blue-whale-quad-tiltrotor.html

Model of AVIC K800 unmanned helicopter concept on display at the Tianjin International Helicopter Exposition on September 5, 2013. Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/chinese-defence/275380-avic-developing-k800-unmanned-helicopter-blue-whale-quad-tiltrotor-2.html

Model of Aviation Industries of China (AVIC) consortium Blue Whale Tilt Rotor project on display at the Tianjin International Helicopter Exposition on August 29 - September 1, 2013. The Blue Whale is one of many future rotor projects by the AVIC Helicopter Design Institute expected to appear by...

http://freebeacon.com/china-conducts-test-of-new-anti-satellite-missile/ Key quote from the article, to paraphrase "China is building systems specifically to present asymmetrical threats to the US"

Not really much better but anyway a clear sign for "there is at least something out there" ! Deino

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"...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYURrZqgMfM&feature=player_detailpage http://www.dvice.com/archives/2008/09/-its-a-bird-its.php

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

http://gcaptain.com/rumors-abound-china-places-order/ http://gcaptain.com/supertankers-china-freakin/ Assuming that Hanlon's Razor or similar is not in effect, it would seem likely that this is a cover for a naval project or a series of such projects. Two possibilities come to mind: That the...

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

The Shenyang 601 Institute has been working for some years now on what might be a competition for Chengdu's J-20. Here's a handful of pics( sorry, can't remember the site, I think it was a Pakistani defence forum) of a model strongly resembling the blurred windtunnel model from Huitong's site...

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...

Have a look at this! I've just come across an AWACS version of the Tu-4! Built by the PRC, it is a true AWACS B-29!

I think we all know the successful attempts to obtain / purchase foreign combat types ... lesser known are such attempts esp. during the brief Sino-Western-honeymoon during the 1980s like the Harrier and the French deliveries of helicopters ... we also know that prior to the J-10 there were...