Breaking News, China finishes its first Missile Defense Test!!
Jan.11 (China Military News reporting by Johnathan Weng) – Beijing local time PM 9:00 Januray 11 on 2010, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that China has successfully finished a ground-Based midcourse missile interception test in the territory of China. The ministry says that the test has reached the technological purpose and this behavior is purely [...]
Bloody Photos: pictures of 2008 terror attack in Xinjiang firstly opened
December.31 (China Military News reporting by Johnathan Weng) — On August 4, 2008, a raid of a border armed police division in Xinjiang Monday morning killed 16 policemen. Almost 36 months later, some bloody photos about this incident have been unleashed from the inside of local police department. One Chinese policeman’s throat was cut by attackers [...]
China’s military strength ranks second? Experts say ‘over-stated’
December.27 (China Military News cited from Global Times) — China’s military strength ranks second in the world in terms of expenditure, the number of troops and weaponry, according to a report released Thursday by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). The data provokes many questions from scholars and the public, though the government think tank [...]
Next generation of Chinese tanks will only has 2 crew members
December.08 (China Military News cited from Chinamil.com.cn) — “China will produce the next generation of main battle tank which is able to launch all-dimensional attacks and conduct all-directional self-protection with the number of tank crew reduced to 2,” said Mao Ming, director of China North Vehicle Research Institute (CNVRI) when receiving the interview of Tank [...]
Chinese Air Force Deputy Commander: 5th Generation Fighter to service in next 8-10 years
November.09 (China Military News Reporting by Johanthan Weng) — Ho Weirong, the deputy commander of PLA Air Force, says China’s 5th Generation fighter will enter service in next 8-10 years, when he attended a TV interview program on 8th November, just before the 60th anniversary of PLA Air Force. Ho Weirong, the deputy commander of PLA [...]
AVIC: China’s largest home-made 200-tonne class air Lifter to emerge in December
November.05 (China Military News Reporting by Johnathan Weng) — Despite of the IL-76MD, China will demonstrate its indigenous 200-tonne class heavy military airlifter in the last month of 2009. This transporter is also the largest aircraft which China has ever made. Mr. Hu Xiaofeng, the General President of AVIC, unleashes this information on one media [...]
China’s “father of space technology” dies at 98
October.31 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — China’s keystone space scientist Qian Xuesen, widely known as the country’s father of space technology, died here Saturday morning at the age of 98. Qian, born in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s Zhejiang Province, was a major figure in the missile and space programs of China. Qian, a member [...]
China’s Defense University builds World Third fastest supercomputer
October.29 (China Military News Reporting by Johnathan Weng) — The Chinese National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) unveiled Thursday China’s fastest supercomputer, also the World Third fastest computer, which is able to do more than one quadrillion calculations per second theoretically at its peak speed. China name this supercomputer as “Tianhe-I” (天河一号 meaning River in Sky), [...]
We sticks to path of peaceful development: China’s second highest-ranking military officer
October.27 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — China will steadfastly stick to the path of peaceful development, and its national defense policy is of a defensive nature, a senior Chinese military officer said here Monday. Xu delivers remarks at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, on October 26. 2009 Xu Caihou, visiting Vice [...]
Twin bombings kills 132 in Baghdad, Chinese embassy damaged in explosion
October.25 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — The death toll from two truck bomb explosions in central Baghdad on Sunday rose to 132 with 512 people injured, an Interior Ministry source said. Some rooms of Chinese embassy were also damaged in explosion. “The latest reports said that up to 132 people were killed and some 512 others [...]
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Type 96 122-mm howitzer of 15th Airborne Army
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December.15 (China Military News Reporting by Johnathan Weng) – PLA’s Type 96 122-mm howitzer is a Chinese copy of well-known Russian D-30 cannon. Its barrel length is 30 times of the caliber. The full-weight is 3.2 tons and the fire speed is up to 6-8 rounds per minute, with 360 degree of traverse. The effective range is 15 km and the maximum range is 21 km. Type 96 122-mm howitzer now is mainly operated in PLA Air Force 15th Airborne Army.
High-tech supports escort operation of Chinese Navy
08 February 2010
Feb.08 (China Military News cited from pladaily) — Since implementing the escort operations in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast on July 16, 2009, the “Qiandaohu” comprehensive supply ship of the naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been implementing the escort task for [...]
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China dissatisfied with U.S. report on its military build-up
04 February 2010
Feb.04 (China Military News cited from xinhua) — China on Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction over statements in a U.S. defense report on its military build-up, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. “The QDR is playing the same old tune on China’s military construction,,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a regular press conference. The U.S. military was drafting [...]
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China, India boost defence as crisis takes toll on West
04 February 2010
Feb.03 (China Military News cited from Reuters and written by Adrian Croft) - China and India sharply raised defence spending in 2009 despite the economic crisis but most European NATO members face a squeeze on defence budgets as they rein in gaping deficits, a report said on Wednesday. The impact of the global financial crisis on [...]
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Britain, China pledge closer military ties
04 February 2010
Feb.03 (China Military Newsx cited from Xinhua) — A top British military official met on Wednesday with visiting Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Ma Xiaotian, pledging to strengthen bilateral military ties. Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff, said during the meeting that the British military “attaches great importance to [...]
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Chinese medical team sets up clinic in shelter for Haitian quake victims
02 February 2010
Feb.01 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — A Chinese medical team has relocated its operation site to a shelter in the Haitian capital where it will provide services more directly and conveniently to earthquake victims, the team’s leader said on Monday. The Mais Gate shelter is located near the Port-Au-Prince interantional airport and can accommodate [...]
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China plans to export Advanced UAV, carrying with air-surface missiles
31 January 2010
Feb.01 (China Military Power Reporting by Johanthan Weng) — Recently, Xi’an Modern Control Technology Institute was successfully passed a design review of missile and parts used by an unmanned reconnaissance and attack aircraft, by the Project Management Department of AVIC. This event tells a truth that the Xi’an Modern Control Technology Institute have made a [...]
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China, Iran Prompt U.S. Air-Sea Battle Plan in Strategy Review
31 January 2010
Feb.01 (China Military Newx cited from Bloomberg and written by Viola Gienger and Tony Capaccio) — The U.S. military is drawing up a new air-sea battle plan in response to threats such as China’s persistent military build-up and Iran’s possession of advanced weapons, according to the Pentagon’s latest strategy review. The Air Force and Navy are [...]
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China suspends military visits with U.S. over planned arms sales to Taiwan
31 January 2010
BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) — China on Saturday decided to suspend scheduled visits between the Chinese and U.S. armed forces, in response to Washington’s plan to sell a package of arms worth about 6.4 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan. “We made the decision out of considerations on the severe harm of the U.S. arms sales to [...]
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Chinese Army medical team leaves for quake-hit Haiti
24 January 2010
BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) — A 40-member Chinese medical care and epidemic prevention team left here for Haiti on Sunday afternoon on a chartered flight, which also carried 20 tonnes of medical supplies, said the Ministry of Commerce (MOC). The MOC said earlier in the day that China had decided to provide medical supplies worth 18 [...]
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US to hold arms reductions talks with China, Gates says
21 January 2010
Jan.21 (China Military News cited from telegraph.co.uk and written by Dean Nelson) — The US wants to open Cold War-style arms reduction talks with China to prevent future military confrontations, Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, said in New Delhi on Wednesday. His comments appeared to confirm Washington’s acceptance of China as a military superpower amid [...]
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