Chinese state-owned media have released video footage showing the massive deployment of Chinese advanced weapon systems to sensitive areas along Himalayan frontier amid the latest border showdown with India. China deployed several thousand paratroopers plus armored vehicles to the border high altitude areas of the Tibetan plateau. According to the latest Indian media reports, Beijing […]

Chinese advanced trainer aircraft in naval version has made its maiden flight, marking a key milestone towards its developed, according to Guizhou Aviation Industry Import/Export Company (GAIEC) The two-seat JL-9 naval variant developed for the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force (PLANAF). As FlightGlobal reported, visually there is little to set the aircraft apart from […]

Inner Mongolia First Machinery Group Co.,Ltd., subsidiary of China North Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO), reportedly begins delivering new VT4 main battle tanks to Pakistan. In mid-April 2020, at the Chinese tank factory located in Baotou in the province of Inner Mongolia, was held the ceremony of shipment of the first batch of VT4 main battle […]

Chinese state-owned media have released footage showing the test of the next generation of an assault rifle, called the QBZ-191. The ‘QBZ’ acronym stands for ‘Qīngwǔqì Bùqiāng Zìdòng’, literally meaning ‘light weapon, rifle, automatic’. The digits usually denote the final year of a weapon’s development. The video, released by the state-owned broadcaster China Central Television […]

The first Chinese Type 075 landing helicopter dock caught fire today while in the dock at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. The Type 075 (NATO reporting name Yushen-class landing helicopter assault) is a new generation of Chinese amphibious assault vessel and far larger than similar ships previously constructed for the PLA Navy and very similar […]

The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of a shipment of military vehicles from the China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO). According to local sources, NORINCO delivered the first of 17 military vehicles compromising of VT4 main battle tanks, SH5 105mm wheeled self-propelled howitzers and ST1 tank destroys. Taking delivery of the armaments Wednesday, Army’s Chief of […]

Chinese media has reported images showing a new variant of the Z-20  10 ton-class medium-lift utility helicopter produced by the Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (HAIG). A navalized, anti-submarine warfare variant of the new Z-20 helicopter based at a reverse-engineered and improved variant of the U.S. made S-70C-2 helicopter of which has been used by the People’s Liberation Army […]

The U.S. Navy has announced that Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS10) is patrolling the South China Sea while deployed to the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR). “Part of Destroyer Squadron 7, Giffords is on a rotational deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet helping enhance interoperability with partners & serve as a ready-response […]

U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper “raised concern” with China’s minister of national defense over an incident on February 17 in which a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was lased by PRC navy destroyer 161 while flying in airspace above international waters approximately 380 miles west of Guam. On March 3, 2020, Secretary […]

A People’s Republic of China (PRC) navy destroyer 161 shot a weapons-grade laser at a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft in a recent move that U.S. Pacific Fleet dubbed “unsafe and unprofessional” in a statement Thursday. The incident took place on Feb. 17 in the Philippine Sea about 380 miles west of Guam […]