At least two Chinese J-11  fighter jets have carried out  intercept of U.S. EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft in international airspace over the South China Sea. The Chinese jets came within 50 feet of the U.S. aircraft at one point during the incident, which took place Tuesday, the official said. However, Beijng said the EP-3 reconnaissance aircraft […]

The ocean-going training taskforce with the South China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy carried out an anti-piracy drill under realistic conditions in the Indian Ocean on May 15 to enhance their emergency response capacity and capability to perform diverse tasks in distant oceans. According to the scenario of the drill, the convoy simulated by […]

China aims to complete military reform and have armed forces capable of informationized warfare by 2020, according to a five-year military development plan published on Thursday. That reported by Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China. In the next five years, China’s armed forces will realize “a significant increase of key combat capabilities,” […]

The Royal Thai Army signed the contract last month with the undisclosed number of tank and contract value. But the aim is to field a battalion of VT4, thar repirted thaiarmedforce.com. Eelier, RTA ordered the 50 T-84 Oplot-M from Ukraine to meet the requirement of 200 new main battle tank. But the unrest in Ukraine […]

A fighter jet has crashed into a building in Taizhou, eastern China, triggering a fire. The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft. Photos posted on Twitter by CCTV show flames coming out of the upper floor of the building. A crowd of spectators can be seen viewing the blaze. Taizhou, a city of almost six […]

China and Russia have decided to hold a joint computer-enabled anti-missile defense exercise in May,reported by Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China. This command-and-staff exercise, code-named Aerospace Security-2016, will be held at the scientific research center of Russian Aerospace Defense Forces. It is the first exercise of such kind held by […]

A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed South China Sea, state media said on Monday, raising the prospect that China could base fighter jets there. The United States has criticized China’s construction of artificial islands in the South […]

The third IL-78 tanker plane from Ukraine ready for delivery to China for People’s Liberation Army Air Force. Ilyushin Il-78 are painted in PLANAF  tactical camouflage was spotted in Nikolayev (Ukraine) in April 2016. The plane after  is expected to be delivered in May  to China. China ordered totally three refurbished IL-78 air-refueling planes from Ukraine in 2011. Besides, it was also reported that […]

Chinese People’s Liberation Army tests new battlefield radars to increase combat capability. The new reconnaissance equipment include new thermal imager, daylight cameras ,laser range finder and other sensors. Features :  Highly Integrated: Reconnaissance methods, such as electro-optical, millimeter-wave and radar, countermeasure methods as electro-optical, millimeter-wave and etc., are all fitted into a single vehicle to perform […]

The Chinese army received a new batch of ZTL-09 105-mm fire support vehicle. Brigade of the 65th Army of China has received a new batch of  ZTL-09 fire support vehicle. The ZTL-09 is based on the ZBL-09 wheeled 8×8 armored personnel carrier chassis. The main role of this fire support vehicle is to engage enemy armor, fortifications and […]