Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Chinese Missiles and the Wal-Mart Factor

I wonder if this might have the same implications as the sale of manufacturing equipment by Toshiba to the Soviet Union? It gave them huge advances in the quieting of their SSNs. Chinese Nationals Held in Alleged Scheme By GILLIAN FLACCUS The Associated Press Monday, November 7, 2005; 10:57 PM WashingtonPost SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A federal judge on Monday denied bail for two Chinese nationals accused of conspiring to steal sensitive documents on U.S. Navy warship technology and smuggle them to China. Tai Wang Mak, a broadcast and engineering director for the Phoenix North American Chinese Channel, and his wife, Fuk Heung Li, were arrested Oct. 28 in …

Images reveal mock-up of Chinese carrier-borne AEW&C aircraft (Jane's) An Early Warning Aircraft for China's Carriers? (The Diplomat)

From Jane's Chinese naval J-11s spotted in the open By Ted Parsons 10 May 2010 In early May Chinese military websites featured images outside the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation factory indicating that new single- and twin-seat J-11 fighters are probably being produced for the People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF). The images showed J-11s in a very light grey livery consistent with the PLANAF's Sukhoi Su-30MKK2 fighters, 24 (one regiment) of which were delivered in 2004. The single-seat fighters reportedly have the designation J-11BH, a new variant of the J-11B, which in turn is Shenyang's significantly modified version of Sukhoi's Su-27SK that Shen…

Now we're living in a very changing and multipolar world, indeed (something similar to pre-WWI ?). In short, a Chinese/Brazilian accord to train chinese naval pilots in the Brazilian CV Sao Paulo, previously to the delivery to the chinese navy of the CV ex-Varyag. In correspondence, Brazil obtains (at least) the Chinese support to obtain a permanent membership in the UN Security Council: http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=112412

Chinese Navy Modernization Could Lead To U.S. Countermoves, CRS Report Says As concerns over the modernization of Chinese naval forces grow, Congress needs to worry about how much it should weight China's growing power in its planning for U.S. Navy capabilities, says a recent Congressional Research Service (CRS) report. "Several elements of China's military modernization have potential implications for future required U.S. Navy capabilities," says the report. "These include theater-range ballistic missiles (TBMs), land-attack cruise missiles (LACMs), anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCMs), surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), land-based aircraft, submarines, surface comb…

A short but concise article in Mer et Marine (in French) about the Chinese Navy, by Bernard Prézelin, editor of Combat Fleets of the World, with photos of new submarines and a consideration about the little islands dispute, the possesion of one of the guarantees to the owner a EEZ of 200 nm: http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/focus-limpressionnante-montee-en-puissance-de-la-marine-chinoise

Chinese nuclear forces, 2013 (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, pdf)

https://theaviationist.com/2017/09/01/upcoming-sky-hunter-movie-featuring-plaaf-combat-aircraft-exposes-chinese-version-of-the-star-wars-canyon/

From Navy Times Report: Chinese ships confronted Kitty Hawk Kyodo News Service Posted : Tuesday Jan 15, 2008 16:08:22 EST TAIPEI — A Chinese attack submarine and destroyer shadowed U.S. warships in November in the Taiwan Strait, sparking a 28-hour standoff that brought the group to a battle-ready halt in the tense waters, a report in a Taiwan daily said Tuesday. The confrontation occurred as the Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and other ships in its battle group were heading back to Japan following China’s sudden cancellation of a long-scheduled holiday port call in Hong Kong, the China Times said, citing U.S. military sources. The carrier strike group …

From Flight Global [excerpt]

Chinese Submarine Stalked U.S. Aircraft Carrier (Free Beacon)

Chinese Submariners Are Different StrategyPage Opinion June 9, 2005: Chinese submariners are different. In the United States, submarines have crews that stay with the boat, just like on any other warship. The only exception is the SSBNs (ballistic missile subs), which have two crews, so that the boat can spend the maximum amount of time at sea. The Chinese do it differently. Each class of subs has crews trained for different types of missions, and these crews are assigned to a sub in order to train in their specialty (mine warfare, anti-surface warfare, and anti-submarine warfare). Another reason for the multiple crews (usually two per sub) is also to increase the nu…

From China Daily China's nuke submarines up for maiden parade (Xinhua) Updated: 2009-04-21 09:12 QINGDAO -- China will display its nuclear-powered submarines for the first time in history during a fleet parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Navy, a senior navy officer said in Qingdao Monday. Ding Yiping, deputy commander of the PLA Navy, made the remarks during an exclusive interview with Xinhua, but did not disclose any further details about the submarines. In addition to the fleet parade, there will also be seminars and a sampan race that will be held off the coast of the eastern city of Qingdao during the four-day celebra…

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'Type 093T' sub design breaks cover (Jane's)

Fascinating read on the Wikipedia entry, if true (range stated as 400 Km/216+ nm of Type 346 (CV Liaoning and DDG Type 052C), more on Type 346A (DDG Type 052D), no equivalent entry in other languages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_346_Radar

Chinese UCAV takes flight (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

It was only a matter of time. Zhuhai Surprise: Chinas Third Russian Supersonic ASCM (Aviation Week, Ares blog)

Chinese attack helicopter's secret Russian roots (Aviation Week, Ares blog)