China’s armed police on Monday completed a five-day anti-terror exercise in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as part of efforts to combat violent terrorist attacks. The exercise, attended by some 3,000 people, was based on the current security situation in southern Xinjiang, according to a military statement released Monday. The drill examined the force’s capabilities in […]

A new guided-missile frigate joined the East China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy on Aug. 11. The commissioning ceremony was held at a naval port in Zhoushan, east China’s Zhejiang Province on Thursday morning for the new frigate Huai’an (Hull No. 509). As a new comer of Chinese navy’s Type 056 guided-missile frigate family, […]

An indigenously built Chinese Type-96B battle tank (a new tank in the Type-96 family) just broke down on the  «Tank biathlon» competition at Alabino training field in Russia. The Type-96B (also named ZTZ-96B) main battle tank unfortunately for the Chinese military, one just broke down on the «Tank biathlon» mechanized military sports competition  developed by the Russian Military. After […]

Chinese paratroopers of 15th Airborne corps jump out of a new Y-9 military transport aircraft during drills in Tibet. While the Y-20 program is getting all the attention, the Y-9 is another tool in China’s war chest that can call upon to rapidly reinforce China’s remote regions. The Y-9 (Yun-9) is a medium-sized, medium-range turboprop multi-purpose transport […]

An air defense brigade with the PLA 13th Group Army conducted an air defense confrontation drill at an artillery range on August 8, aiming to hone troops’ field air defense capabilities. Soldiers assigned to the PLA 13th Group Army use a type of vehicle-mounted radar to detect aerial targets and  fire HQ-7B short-range air defense […]

China’s military is likely to deploy the Type-96B tank as the pillar of its tank fleet, replacing most of its old models, observers said. Gao Zhuo, a military observer in Shanghai who has close contact with the People’s Liberation Army, told China Daily that the excellent capabilities of the Type-96B qualify it to be the […]

The Thailand Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it is receiving new RA3 Artillery Locating and Fire Correction Radar, developed by China North Industries Corporation (officially abbreviated as Norinco). The new RA3 anti-artillery radar by Norinco was spotted during official visit  at  Artillery Brigade Camp in Mueang Lopburi District.  The Norinco RA3 Radar is a Chinese active electronically scanned array […]

Participants of the “Clear sky” international contest eliminated simulated illegal armed groups. According to the scenario of the contest, 14 32-man strong sabotage groups of the simulated enemy landed on the shore in order to capture antiaircraft systems and Igla portable air defence complexes. Drivers of KAMAZ, BTR-80 APCs, Chinese ZSL-92 armored vehicles, and Shaanxi […]

In 2015, 24 Su-35 fighters were sold to China under the first export contract, the CEO of Rostec, Sergey Chemezov, stated at a meeting with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. “The main business event that occurred last year in 2015 was the first export contract for Su-35 fighters signed by Rosoboronexport. We […]

The Chinese company is to showcase its new small hand-launched remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle, that reported by military-informant.com. The new Chinese drone also bears a striking resemblance to the American RQ-11 Raven unmanned aerial vehicle developed for the United States military and adopted by the military forces of many other countries. The two aircraft appear identical and have the same dimensions and […]