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...
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"...
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
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...
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...
cold war
cold war ii
department of defense
early 21st century
late 20th century
north atlantic treaty organisation
people's republicofchina
post-cold war
soviet union
united states
ussr
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...
2010s
2020s
china academy of launch vehicle technology
china national space administration
cold war ii
moon
people's liberation army
people's republicofchina
rockets
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/
sublight
Thread
21st century
china national space administration
cold war ii
people's republicofchina
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?
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.