Daily Archives: May 29, 2012
China launches Yaogan XV remote sensing satellite
2012-05-30 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — The Yaogan XV remote-sensing satellite was successfully launched on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China’s Shanxi province, according to a press release from the center. The satellite was … Continue reading
Chinese rocket debris hit on village and damage several houses
2012-05-29 (China Military News cited from theregister.co.uk) — Residents of a remote Chinese village became unwitting participants in China’s much-vaunted space program over the weekend when debris from a recently launched carrier rocket took out a 10 kilovolt (kv) power … Continue reading
Philippines, China agree to restraint in standoff
2012-05-29 (China Military News cited from AP) — The defence chiefs of China and the Philippines have agreed to show restraint in their countries’ 2-month-old standoff at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea. China’s Liang Guanglie and the … Continue reading
Is Chinese link to military chip backdoor real?
2012-05-29 (China Military News cited from theinquirer.net) — China is intentionally putting backdoors in computer chips used by the US military have been disputed by a security expert. Security researcher Sergei Skorobogatov at Cambridge University reported that he found a … Continue reading
Zambia, China sign $8 million military aid agreement
2012-05-29 (China Military News cited from daily-mail.co.zm) — ZAMBIA and China have signed an US$8 million military aid agreement for the rehabilitation of the Ndola and Maina Soko Military hospitals. Minister of Defence Geoffrey Mwamba signed the agreement on behalf … Continue reading
Republican nomination Romney promises to maintain US military advantage
2012-05-29 (China Military News cited from AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, on the brink of clinching the Republican nomination, promised Monday to maintain an American military “with no comparable power anywhere in the world.” Romney spoke a day … Continue reading