Y-20 No. 785, the fifth and No. 788, the sixth prototypes

The appearance on the Internet of photos of Y-20 no. 785, the fifth prototype and no. 788, the sixth prototype of large transport aircraft, indicates that will soon begin mass production of... Read more »

Why Does China Need its Mysterious New Combat Force

19:45 24.01.2016 China’s military reforms in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which have sped up since Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, are making continuous progress and currently the focus seems... Read more »

2101 of J-20 successfully Conducted Its Debut FlightTest on Jan 18

According to China internet source, 2101 of J-20 had successfully conducted its debut flight test on Jan 18. The flight test lasted about 40 min.   1月18日13:30许,2101号歼-20成功首飞,历时40余分钟! Read more »

Stratcom: China Moving Rapidly to Deploy New Hypersonic Glider

By: Bill Gertz , January 22, 2016 6:05 pm, freebeacon.com An artistic rendering of a hypersonic aircraft / APAn artistic rendering of a hypersonic aircraft / AP China conducted six successful tests of a... Read more »

The Navy’s New $362 Million Ship Needs a Tow to Get Home

By Rob Garver, December 14, 2015 The USS Milwaukee, an advanced littoral combat ship and the most recent vessel launched by the U.S. Navy, lasted less than three weeks in the water... Read more »

Pakistan Test-Launches Homegrown Cruise Missile

Agence France-Presse 9:16 p.m. EST January 19, 2016 Pakistani nuclear-capable Ra’ad cruise missile (Photo: Intersevices Public Relattions via AFP) ISLAMABAD — Pakistan conducted a successful flight test Tuesday of a locally developed... Read more »

US and Chinese Naval Leaders Hold Video Teleconference

Christopher P. Cavas 4:25 p.m. EST January 20, 2016 Chinese CNO Wu (Photo: MCC Sam Shavers, US Navy) WASHINGTON — The heads of the US and Chinese navies conferred for two hours... Read more »

L-15 Trainer Completes Its Pilot Flight

By Yuan Can (People’s Daily Online) 16:25, January 22, 2016 An L-15 trainer from Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Group Corporation Limited completes its first pilot flight in 2016 on the noon of... Read more »