people's republic of china

So what is this?

NORINCO where photographic evidence is provided View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-948QapG9qU https://thedeaddistrict.blogspot.com/2020/10/chinese-next-gen-mbt-that-is-currently.html 2 Men crew layout is the most interesting part. Some additional info https://arca.live/b/gaijin/39247626...

In 1990 Racal Marine teamed up with the China Shipbuilding Trading Company to offer a modernised Type 037 Hainan-class hull as a corvette with Racal radars (obviously!), European guns and A/S torpedoes and Chinese C-801 SSMs. There were no takers.

I was pretty amazed when I first read this story that this was occurring. https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/18/raf-pilots-chinese-military-law-change-james-heappey

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/10/08/china-began-stockpiling-ppe-months-covid-outbreak/

Via Slashdot: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/06/great_firewall_of_china_upgrades/

Not a journalist I place a lot of credence with so take with pinch of salt: Satellite photos reveal colossal airship hangar in Chinese desert Keen to know if other sources on this.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/09/chinas-secret-extra-large-submarine-drone-program-revealed/

Let's say that Iran and China want to upgrade their navy, army, air force and so on. How much would be worthy and logical to steal military secrets,projects and more from NATO or NATO-friendly countries (example : Japan, Taiwan and others) to upgrade what they already have ? @Orionblamblam in...

Is anyone aware of any projects by China to create a VTOL aircraft to operate off of their helicopter carriers?

https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_tests_new_engine_likely_to_power_hypersonic_aircraft_999.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-seeks-first-military-base-on-africas-atlantic-coast-u-s-intelligence-finds-11638726327 Nothing to see here I'm sure.

The whole story started with a picture posted in 2017 on social media that shows a new military drone that China has built. The unnamed device, which is said to be a torpedo bomber, is capable of skimming the surface of the sea and conducting "deadly attacks" against warships, says a post on...

The story began in 1969 in the Sino-Soviet border conflict，Chinese captured a T-62，At that time, all their anti-tank weapons were unable to effectively destroy the T62. So Armor troops think they need a new second-generation tank，call “122”（The Type 69 "121 that was being developed at the time...

During the Cold War the US developed a series of exercises designed to bring Army (REFORGER) and Air Force (Crested Cap) units from the States to Europe. At what point should the US consider doing the same for Taiwan?

No general chinese aviation thread for news like this so here we go?(unless mods or admin have a thread for where this news goes?) https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/42937/tailless-fighter-like-airframe-spotted-at-chinese-fighter-jet-manufacturers-test-airfield

Incredibly hard to predict and very difficult to defend against, I think any current US anti-ballistic missile system would struggle with FOBS. A hypersonic glide vehicle and FOBS is probably the ultimate in nightmares for the western defence system...

As someone who followed the various published Western assessments of Soviet Military Power avidly throughout the Cold War I am all too aware of the risks in such evaluation. As various Chinese capabilities are asserted regularly in a range of threads I think it would be timely to discuss the...

https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2021/09/03/italian-police-raid-drone-maker-over-alleged-chinese-takeover/ TLDR: Alpi Aviation, manufacturer of the Strix, which is used by Italian SF, was bought for an inflated price in 2018, by a Hong Kong based front company for two Chinese state owned...

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/internet/china-erases-billionaire-actress-zhao-wei-from-history/news-story/94100f6569377078cfeee411f5fc3538