Photos: Chinese tanker aircraft pass fuel to fighter jets
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Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China released photographs of a midair refueling training exercise. A J-10B and a J-10S fighter jets attached to an air aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Northern Theater Command fly alongside an aerial refueling tanker as they take turns refueling from a multi-point system […]
Chinese, Russian hold fast-roping training in “Cooperation-2017”
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Chinese and Russian special operations soldiers run to board a transport helicopter during the third day’s training of the “Cooperation-2017” joint anti-terrorism training between the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force (APF) and Russian Federation National Guard on December 5, 2017.
China receives new batch of Russian advanced Su-35 fighter jets
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China has taken delivery the newt batch of the Sukhoi Su-35 “Flanker-E” fighter jets from Russia. Live flight-tracking website Flightradar24 also noted that an Ilyushin Il-76TD transport aircraft made by Volga-Dnepr (RA-76952), a Russian charter company, departed from Komsomolsk-on-Amur making its way to Cangzhou-Cangxian Airbase in China’s northern province of Hebei, where the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) builds Su-35s. The […]
New Type-056A guided-missile frigate joins Chinese Navy
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The commissioning, naming and flag-granting ceremony for the Type-056A frigate Suining (Hull 551) was held at a PLA Navy’s pier in southern Guangdong province on Tuesday, marking the frigate officially joined the PLA Navy’s battle sequences. The ceremony began at 10:00 am on Nov.28. Yao Guowen, deputy commander of a naval base in Guangzhou, announced […]
Chinese Air Force holds Red Sword-2017 exercise in deep desert
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The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLA Air Force) has conducted “Red Sword-2017” systemic confrontation training exercise in a deep desert in late November 2017. According to PLA Air Force official, The “Red Sword-2017”, involving various arms of services from the PLA Air Force, such as aviation, ground-to-air missile, radar, electronic countermeasure troops, aimed to beef up the PLA Air […]
China successfully tests laser weapons system
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Chinese GuoRong Technology company has recently conducted trials of the new truck-mounted laser weapon system that able to blast drones out of the sky. The company released video of successful tests of new laser cannon systems mounted on truck chassis. In the video, released by GuoRong Technology, a laser cannon destroyed drones that seem to be the model Phantom 3 of the Chinese […]
China conducts maritime exercise with LCACs in waters of the South China Sea
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The People’s Liberation Army Navy, also known as the PLA Navy, released photos from maritime exercise in waters of the South China Sea. During the exercise, were involved new Chinese amphibious assault ships with Type 726 landing craft air cushion (LCAC) on board. The amphibious dock landing ship Changbaishan (Hull 989) during an amphibious landing exercise in waters of the South […]
New Chinese combat drone helicopters conducts firing test on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
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The newest Chinese unmanned attack helicopter recently completed successful test flights on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, CGTN reported. Three AV500W, AV500 and XM20 unmanned helicopters made test flights recently at an altitude of 4,300 meters on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, according to Jiangxi provincial office of science. The AV500 climbed to an altitude of 5,006 meters during tests on […]
Dubai Airshow 2017: China offers new unmanned aerial vehicles
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Two Chinese-developed series of unmanned aerial vehicles have become highlights of the ongoing Dubai Airshow. That was reported by CCTV+. The series of planes are called “Wing Loong” and “Yunying”. During the airshow, the full-scale models of the planes are on display to the public for the first time. To let visitors learn more about the […]
China continues to test indigenous copy of the Black Hawk helicopters
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China Helicopter Research and Development Institute with industry companies continues to test a Z-20 medium lift helicopter at the high-altitude places. The two new Z-20 helicopters aircraft with registration number 635 and 636 were spotted at the Gannan Xiahe Airport. It is an airport in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China. It is located above Amuquhu Town (Amqog) in Xiahe County, 72 kilometers from the […]