Month: November 2017

In the media, we have often heard about the growing submarine threat from China. How much of a threat is this really going to be. I don’t profess to know…

There has been several articles recently critiquing J-11B. I thought I’d take the time to debunk some of the theories on them. The first one comes from a Russian newspaper…

So, I’ve received some requests recently on what would happen if the European arms embargo gets lifted. Now, this is a really complicated question, because I certainly can’t factor in…

So, as mentioned in the last post, there is news coming out regarding Russia being upset over China’s imitation of flankers. Of course, the great PLA expert Andrei Chang decided…

So, I just read an article on AFCEA regarding China copying technologies from 956. So, I think I will address this again. First, let’s address the myth that Russia is…

I think I’m going to talk about something a little different today. As we know, China has often been listed as America’s most likely adversary in the future. I have…

So, we dealt a little bit with the naval problems in the relationship. Now, we also got some more ammunition on the aerial part of the relationship. But to start…

Just to report on some news before we get to the main purpose of this post. There are some news from this week: EMAL catapult project has been confirmed by…

So, the Farnborough air show took place this past week with a lot of fanfare. The Russians unveiled their “new su-35” fighter and MS-21 airliner. Bombardier signed the agreement with…

I recently read the RAND analysis on possible encounters between China and Taiwan/USA in 2020. You can find it here. I have to say that after some initial prejudice toward…