China Issues First White Paper on Nuclear Emergency Preparedness

BEIJING, 2016-01-27 (Xinhua) — The Chinese government published its first nuclear white paper on Wednesday, detailing policies and measures to boost nuclear emergency preparedness and highlighting “a rational, coordinated and balanced” nuclear... Read more »

Get Ready, America: Russia and China Have Space Weapons

Dave Majumdar, January 26, 2016 Russia and China are increasingly pursuing the ability to attack America’s space-based assets, but is there anything the Pentagon can do to thwart Beijing and Moscow’s ambitions?... Read more »

New Combat Support Branch to Play Vital Role

(China Daily) 09:28, January 23, 2016 The newly-established Strategic Support Force of the People’s Liberation Army will take charge of the military’s space, cyberspace and electronic warfare operations, according to a senior... Read more »

China Planning New Supercomputer

Updated: 2016-01-22 19:51 (Xinhua) TIANJIN – China is planning a supercomputer 1,000 times more powerful than its groundbreaking Tianhe-1A as it faces rising demand for next-generation computing. Meng Xiangfei, head of the... Read more »

Space Wars: Will America and China Clash Over Resources?

Alex Calvo, January 25, 2016 The end of 2015 witnessed three seemingly unrelated developments: the establishment of a space hotline between Washington and Beijing, the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (Space Act),... Read more »

US May Put Anti-ballistic Missiles in Hawaii to Counter North Korea

BY AT EDITOR on JANUARY 22, 2016 in ASIA TIMES NEWS (From Reuters) The U.S. military has stepped up discussions on converting its Aegis missile defense test site in Hawaii into a... Read more »

Another New Navy Combat Ship Breaks Down

By Rob Garver, January 22, 2016, thefiscaltimes.com Just a month after the Government Accountability Office released a damning report that found the Navy’s new class of littoral combat ships is “both less... Read more »

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 »