China-made Mine sweeping tools used in UN peacekeeping missions

Mar.04 (released by China Military Power Mashup and written by Jiang Xinghua) — Editor’s Note: According to statistics from the Headquarters of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, 65 million to 110 million landmines lie buried in 68 countries, killing or injuring about 26,000 people each year. This year marks the 10th anniversary [...]

China-made Mine sweeping tools used in UN peacekeeping missions

NUDT: The cradle of PLA Advanced Strategic Weapons

Feb.24 (story released by China Military Power Mashup) – In early July of 2009, 62 senior military officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) finished a 43-day training course and graduated from the National Diversity of Defense Technology (NUDT), a comprehensive university in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, under the dual supervision of the [...]

NUDT: The cradle of PLA Advanced Strategic Weapons

The Development of PLA’s Non-commissioned Officer System

Feb.14 (China Military Power Reporting by Hu Guangzheng and Wang Yue) — On July 13, 2009, the “Plan for Deepening the Reforrn of the NonCommissioned Officer System” of the Chinese people’s Liberation Army was passed. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will implement the new NCO system by the end of this year. How does the system [...]

The Development of PLA’s Non-commissioned Officer System

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 [...]

Breaking News, China finishes its first Missile Defense Test!!

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 [...]

Bloody Photos: pictures of 2008 terror attack in Xinjiang firstly opened

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 [...]

China’s military strength ranks second? Experts say ‘over-stated’

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 [...]

Next generation of Chinese tanks will only has 2 crew members

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 [...]

Chinese Air Force Deputy Commander: 5th Generation Fighter to service in next 8-10 years

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 [...]

AVIC: China’s largest home-made 200-tonne class air Lifter to emerge in December

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 “father of space technology” dies at 98

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.

China launches “Yaogan IX” Naval Ocean Surveillance satellite

08 March 2010

March.05 (China Military Power Mashup Reporting by Johnathan Weng) — China has successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, “Yaogan IX” at 12:55 p.m.(Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, according to a statement from the center Friday. The satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket [...]

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China’s Military Turns Up The Heat

02 March 2010

Mar.02 (China Military News cited from investors.com) — Geopolitics: As America unilaterally disarms, a Chinese officer in a new book touts a new reality — that China is prepared to rule the roost, and the U.S. better keep off the grass. On April 5, 2009, in Prague, President Obama gave a speech in which he pledged [...]

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Chinese Regime Passes New Military Mobilization Law

02 March 2010

Mar.02 (China Military News cited from ntdtv) — Last Friday, the Chinese regime’s top legislature, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress—or NPC—passed the National Defense Mobilization Law. The new law will give the regime and its military sweeping powers during social unrest and in times of war. Bai Zixing, Director of The General Staff [...]

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Chinese schools deny Google cyber-attack links

21 February 2010

Feb.22 (China Military News cited from the register and written by Cade Metz ) — Two Chinese schools have denied a New York Times report that they were involved in the much-discussed cyber attacks on Google and at least 33 other outfits sometime last year. On Thursday, The Times reported that the attacks had been traced [...]

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China circled by chain of US anti-missile systems

21 February 2010

Feb.21 (China Military News cited from Chinadaily and written by Qin Jize and Li Xiaokun) — washington appears determined to surround China with US-built anti-missile systems, military scholars have observed. According to US-based Defense News, Taiwan became the fifth global buyer of the Patriot missile defense system last year following Japan, the Republic of Korea, the [...]

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Beijing deploys more armed police power in Xinjiang

10 February 2010

Feb.10 (China Military Power Reporting by Johnathan Weng) — February 8, 2010, the Xinjiang Armed Police Corps’ Sixth detachment was set up in a grand conference, the Xinjiang Armed Police Corps to further expand the scale. Chinese Armed Police Force deputy chief of staff Pan Changjie, vice chairman of the Xinjiang autonomous region Jappa Abibulla inaugurated [...]

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Sino-Russian first joint patrol conducted along boundary river

10 February 2010

Feb.02 (China Military News cited from PLAdaily and written by Guo Jianyue and Gao Pengfei) — The Chinese and Russian frontier defense troops accomplished the first joint patrol along the Argun River, an iced Sino-Russian boundary river in the east of Inner Mongolia of People’s Republic of China (PRC), between January 25 and 26. According to [...]

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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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