Month: November 2017

It’s always interesting for me to look back 10 years to see where things were to see how much have changed. I often do this with surface combatants because 10…

The issue of finding adequate and reliable engine has always been an issue for PLA. The navy seems to be getting by with license building advanced diesel engines, which are…

I did a review of PLAN in 2014 a few weeks ago. Since then, a couple of more surface combatants have launched at various PLAN shipyards. It was certainly an…

Recently, a flurry of articles of come out about JL-9 series of GAIC and L-15 (JL-10) series of HAIG. With all of the progress that’s made in China’s military aviation…

Most recently, China’s 18th Flotilla to Aden visited Portsmouth UK for 5 days visit. This flotilla consisted of a Type 054A, a Type 071 and a Type 903A AOR. There…

Recently, there was an overhead shot of the JiangNan shipyard showing all of the activity going on. From that picture, it became apparent that there were 2 new Type 726…

Recently, there was an article from Taiwanese magazine talking about newly launched hulls of the improved Type 093 program. Since I don’t normally trust sources that I have not vetted,…

The Chinese navy has long been accused of not showing enough transparency. While that has certainly really improved in the recent year, there are still plenty of areas that’s hard…

I last wrote about China’s expansion of civilian maritime force here. Due to recent requests, I’m doing an update. Please note that as with all else Chinese shipbuilding related, the…

In this past month, Myanmar air force has apparently waded into Chinese territory 3 times as part of its ongoing struggles with Kokang rebels. In the most recent time, bombs…