Chinese state-owned news media have released showing a launch of Dong Feng-26 (DF-26) intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). The video also was posted to the Twitter page of a Chinese military expert on 23 January. The DF-26 is one of the most sophisticated and advaneced Chinese intermediate-range ballistic missile deployed by the People’s Liberation Army Rocket […]

A new photo has surfaced that appears to show a new variant of the Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation (CAIC) Z-8 multirole medium-lift helicopter, according to Scramble Magazine report. The image of a new helicopter was recently leaked onto a Chinese military forum. Reports suggested that the new platform is a “wide-body” variant of Z-8 helicopter […]

Algerian Ministry of National Defense has released photographs that confirmed the acquisition of Chinese SM4 self-propelled mortar system. Several recently received SM4 self-propelled mortars were seen in video footage and photographs released on 7 January to show the ‘Borkane 2019′ exercise carried out in the 2nd Military Region in northeast Algeria. According to Armyrecognition.com, the […]

China has completed initial firing and mobility trials of Russian-made S-400 air-defense missile system, a military-diplomatic source said on Thursday. “The second test firing of the S-400 was carried out in December last year at a Chinese firing ground. The 48N6E missile fired by the system’s launcher hit an aerodynamic target [simulating an aircraft] flying […]

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has released the first image of newest Tian Ying, or Sky Hawk, stealth jet-powered drone. Only a few days after the publication of the video showing the first flight of the new drone, was released first detailed photo of the newest Chinese stealth unmanned aircraft. The Tian Ying is a long-range […]

China has tested the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its arsenal, Chinese state media reported on 4 January.  Accodring to a media reports, a large-yield bomb was airdropped by an H-6K bomber and causes a gigantic explosion at an unknown location. Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday, that the a new type of massive aerial […]

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has formally accepted into service a new Type 15 light tank. On December 27, the spokesman of Chinese Defense Ministry, Senior Colonel Wu Qin, during a press conference, confirmed the inducted into service of a new Type 15 light tank (export designation – VT-5). “As for the light tank Type 15 […]

Beijing’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that Aviation Industry Corporation of China delivered its 100th Wing Loong reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial system for export. On 24 December, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) delivered its 100th domestically-developed unmanned Wing Loong unmanned aircraft for an undisclosed customer. “The aircraft marks the transformation of China’s aviation equipment from manned […]

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force intercepted a Chinese GX-8 (also known as Y-9) surveillance aircraft approaching Japanese airspace on December 14. JASDF fighter jets were scrambled over Japan this morning after a GX-8 electronic warfare and surveillance plane traversing the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea. The GX-8 medium-sized electronic warfare and surveillance plane is based on the […]

High above Yemen’s rebel-held city of Hodeida, a drone controlled by Emirati forces hovered as an SUV carrying a top Shiite Houthi rebel official turned onto a small street and stopped, waiting for another vehicle in its convoy to catch up. Seconds later, the SUV exploded in flames, killing Saleh al-Samad, a top political figure. […]