people's republic of china

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

Hi all Some additions to widely known file (http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/soviet.html) with codenames of aircraft and missiles. The information is taken from FAS.org and Wiki (sorry :) ) DOD NATO Missile AA-2D Advanced Atoll without changes AA-2-2 Advanced Atoll...

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...

Hi; http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1996/1996%20-%202961.html

FTA: "A report published by China Aviation Journal, China has successfully launched its own space plane prototype" http://www.suasnews.com/2011/01/3610/russians-and-china-said-to-be-working-on-their-own-x37-type-craft/

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5489543&c=SEA&s=ASI So, seem within a few months the Varyag will be sailing under its own power. How long til the J-15 reaches production?

One from CAC: http://bit.ly/fO3ucj One from SAC: http://bit.ly/fiz2Vh

I am looking for the any photo (of the model) of the turboshaft powered Mi-4 - the variant, that was the first iteration, that led to the Mi-8. I also found that at least one chinese Mi-4/Z-5 was equipped with the Pratt & Whitney PT6T-6 Turbo Twin-Pac turboshaft engine and flew in 1979. Do we...

Hi, here is a drawing to Hongdu L-15 single seat light attack version appeared in the January 2008 issue of the Chinese magazine Shipborne Weapons. http://www.strategycenter.net/research/pubID.193/pub_detail.asp

The Jaguar was a joint Chinese/US project between Cadillac Gage and the China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation with the intent of modernizing the Type 59 tank and its variants in the mid-1980s. The political fallout of the Tiananmen Square Massacre forced the US and...

In a e-book 'TUO MAO: THE OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY' I have information on a very interesting Chinese AFV: And below you'll find two photos of both the versions of the WZ141, which I've just googled. Perhaps somebody knows more on the subject. Any further info would...

Deino once again with a silly or maybe even stupid question … this time regarding on old type (in fact not my personal darling … I don’t like these old-barrel-type fighters!), the MiG-15 and MiG-15UTI in China. Fact is that that in early 1950, with China entering the war in Koreas, MANY...

Hi, http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2008-06/25/content_6794516.htm

From spacewar.com: China commander says space weapons inevitable: state media Beijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2009 A top China air force commander has called the militarisation of space an "historical inevitability", state media said Monday, marking an apparent shift in Beijing's opposition to...

Hi Everyone! My apologies if this has been posted before here. Has any more information come out on the AVIC-1 transport aircraft design from the PRC? Chuck

Sorry, and I’m not sure if this is the correct place to post, but anyway … I just found something strange and sadly no-one even in the German FlugzeugForum can help me. Following the “bible” on Chinese Aviation so far (China Today: Aviation Industry) the first wind-tunnel was built in Shenyang...

Hi, http://www.airlinebuzz.com/forums/blog.php?b=27

An article on pre-Shenzhou studies and the Shenzhou project. Check it out: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/launchpad/1921/story-7.htm You gotta love this illustration. Here you go. Moonbat

RAM-G - Yakovlev Yak-38 RAM-H - Tupolev Tu-144D RAM-J - Sukhoi Su-25 RAM-K - Sukhoi Su-27 RAM-L - Mikoyan MiG-29 RAM-M - Myasishchev M-17 Mystic RAM-N - Ilyushin Il-102 RAM-Q - Usenet postings referring to RAM-Q have been made, no idea what it might refer to. RAM-P - Tupolev Tu-160 RAM-R -...

It seems as Chengdu's stealty UAV has started with its taxi-tests !!! http://www.fyjs.cn/bbs/htm_data/27/0810/159906.html Cheers, Deino