Chinese navy to keep regular training in blue water
2012-12-14 — Five major warships of the East Sea Fleet of the People’s Liberation Army began a blue water training exercise in the western Pacific on Nov. 27. The blue water exercise, the seventh of its kind launched by the Chinese...
China’s DF-31A MIRV ICBM Missile Is A Big Deal
During the nuclear honed days of the Cold War, the Soviet Union developed a nuclear missile able to strike anywhere in the U.S.
Loaded with multiple maneuverable warheads (MIRVs), while carrying decoys and chaff to keep from getting struck...
Cashed-up Chinese aviation industry spreads their wings
The sale of one of the world’s top aircraft leasing companies to a Chinese consortium is the boldest signal yet that China’s aviation industry will increasingly look to the cash-rich home market for specialist finance to...
Xi Jinping orders PLA ready for ‘real combat’
2012-12-14 — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has ordered the People’s Liberation Army to intensify its “real combat” awareness in order to maintain military...
Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) fleet of 24 F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft have achieved Final Operational Capability (FOC).
This is a major milestone for the Super Hornet fleet and is a...