Month: November 2017

This past week was a huge week for the Chinese aerospace industry. In the past, I’ve always criticized the slow development, low production and inefficiency of the aviation firms in…

I read this piece of news a few days ago and found it shocking. Here is the article: India has cleared its largest ever indigenous defence contract worth Rs 45,000…

There was a huge lull in military trades between China and Russia around 2007 to 2008, because of their disagreements over IL-76s contract. Russia wanted more money after the contract…

Since I’ve followed PLA really closely for the past 4 or 5 years, I’ve decided to compile a list of the top 20 systems that joined service in the past…

As you guys all know, the biggest problem that PLAAF have always had is the lack of high performing engine series. J-10 still relies on AL-31FN. We didn’t see any…

It’s set, they are sending another Flotilla to Aden to replace 529 and 530 according to this article. This is the 4th task force to Aden. ZHOUSHAN, Zhejiang Province, Oct.…

Today, I read this article by a Russian paper regarding the military cooperation between China and Russia. I think it really does a great job of explaining why there haven’t…

I just have some random thoughts from the last couple of days with Obama’s visit to Asia and all the news releases with PLAAF’s 60th anniversary. There have been a…

As many of you have heard by now, there was an eleventh hour deal between US and the major emerging economies like China, India, Brazil and South Africa when I…

As George Bush once said, the relationship between US and China is complicated. In many ways, I think China is one of the few policy areas that Bush got almost…

Well, the Chinese military bbs is abuzz today with the news that China has tested mid-course missile interception system. It was conducted within China’s borders and achieved expected objectives. This…

As PLAN really started to expand in the mid-2000s, we noticed a growing need for naval helicopters. And as military shipbuilding program continued in the past few years, the need…

Reaction from Recent Putin’s trip to India Putin recently made a trip to India and signed a plethora of deals worth $10 billion. The deals include several nuclear power plants…

In the recent times, SIPRI posted a new report regarding the military sales in the five year period from 2005-2009. There are some reports on it regarding to China’s affect…

So, according to this article on times online, the Israelis actually made the unprecedented move to come to China to try to persuade Chinese support for sanctions. That in itself…

Last week, I officially quit from my job. I am currently in the middle of an one-week hiatus before starting my new job. As such, I’ve had some time to…

Looks like the military exercise between Shanghai Cooperation Organization is becoming an annual occurrence instead of bi-annual. According to rian, the next one will be this September. Previously, Peace Mission…

We see many articles in the West about PLAN’s rapid growth and the possibilities of the future Aircraft Carriers. There have been a lot of questions in the west about…

I think that the period of late 2002 to 2007 was probably China’s first naval shipbuilding boom. During that period, we saw a lot of new platforms introduced like the…