people's republic of china

In the late 1950s, Otto Funk was the director of apprentice-training at the Heinkel plant in Speyer. As an exercise for apprentices, airframes were designed for assembly using a variety of construction techniques. In 1990, Otto's son Peter Funk (along with Dirk Breitkreuz) founded B&F Technik to...

I noticed there wasn't a general thread for this, so I created this since there are a lot of unrealised chinese launcher projects. Starting with one that's already described on astronautix, but I'm posting a source, taken from Xiandong Bao "A Modular Space Transportation System" (IAF-92-0857)...

What if Saddam never invaded Kuwait and never being throw up??? What would be the state of Ba'ath Iraqi armed forces?

The UK/US base will remain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/09/philippines-will-need-more-vessels-military-chief/

https://www.twz.com/news-features/odd-activity-at-chinese-submarine-shipyard-draws-interest

I found that there are many false reports about China in the European and American media, and I think this situation also exists in China. Add to that the circumstances in which we live, and we may never be able to understand each other. So I created this topic, so that you can ask me about your...

https://www.sohu.com/a/810778952_211762 The mission went wrong at the last minute，The next test will be in November

RTX has come forward and voluntarily admitted 750 violations of ITAR pertaining to leaks of military information between August 2017 and September 2023. This includes the VC-25 (Air Force One), F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and the B-2 Spirit stealth, B-1B Lancer and the F/A-18, F-15 and F-16...

There are two types of nuclear reactors: those manufactured by Europeans, which are an environmental hazard, and those manufactured by the Chinese, which contribute to regenerating the planet...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/08/china-launches-its-most-sophisticated-submarine-to-date/

https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-gigantic-airship-hangar-has-gotten-even-larger

China playing a stupid game. We can always give them drone problems from their neighbours too. https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2024/07/02/italy-seizes-chinese-military-drones-heading-to-libya-authorities-say/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_dfn This has classic...

WTF? https://www.spacewar.com/reports/New_China_rules_allow_detention_of_foreigners_in_South_China_Sea_999.html

Found on Anastasia Bizyayeva's Medium.com: https://medium.com/@anastasia.bizyayeva/every-map-of-china-is-wrong-bc2bce145db2 More at the link.

It seems that China has built a drone carrier ! https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/china-builds-worlds-first-dedicated-drone-carrier/

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1xC411J7m9 Model of concept

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaotou-class_patrol_cutter Note that the designation of the second ship in the class (nicknamed the 'Monster' by those who have had the misfortune of encountering it) class seems to have recently changed from CCG 3901 to CCG 5901...

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_april_2024_global_security_army_industry/china_develops_anti-aircraft_missile_with_2000_km_range.html