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According using the Russian Foreign army Review magazine, a extended time China is becoming the reform of army systems, which include the aviation industry, adhere to explore probably the most effective design to market the accelerated growth of army enterprises, so concerning accomplish the earth level. Now the reforms have achieved fruitful results, China is completely capable of impartial look at firms and producing of new combat aircraft. In 2008, the chinese language program aviation marketplace can be to integrate the big triumphs from the reform into two state-controlled group, namely, China Aviation Industry, the 2nd group, just one hundred % controlled from the state. China Aviation is accountable using the principal growth and producing of combat aircraft, heavy and method transport aircraft, civil aircraft. AVIC II coach is accountable for growth and producing of fighter aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial autos as well as a range of lighting aircraft. Two oxygen set also...

Japans prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda's recent China visit scored a new current deal that would broaden the global use of the renminbi in the Sino-Japan trade. To top it off, they are working together "to maintain peace on the Korean peninsula". ( here ). Military exchanges also resumed. Japanese warship ends five-day visit to China ( Source: Xinhua ) 2011-December-25 07:44 BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- The Japanese M! aritime Self-Defense Forces destroyer, the Kirisame has ended a five-day friendly visit to China. It departed from Qingdao in eastern China on Friday. The 4,550-ton ship, carrying around 240 people, travelled from Japans Sasebo naval base to Qingdao on Monday. During its trip to China, the two navies held joint exercises and visited each others vessels. They also carried out cultural and sports activities. This was the second visit to China by a Japanese warship and the trip marks the resumption of bilateral navy exchanges. Visits had been cancelled fol...

Speaking of ERA blocks.....could this be the ultimate edition of the old T54/55 family? Thanks Imp for the photo. Bangladesh Army also ordered 300. Bangladesh Army's New Type59G MBT According to our friend, the Bangladesh Military Forum, (http://www.bdmilitary.com), the first public appearance of the long-expected Type 59G was reported by today's Channel-i news. In essence, this latest Type59MBT variant is a Type 96G in a Type59 body modified to carry a 125mm main gun, a modern fire control system, and the latest Chinese armor protection package. A total of 300 examples of the Type59G will be rebuilt from the existing fleet. In addition to the Type59G rebuild program, the Bangladesh army will procure the Type96 MBT in due course as part of a greater modernization drive. Since both MBTs are sharing many common components, this will greatly reduce the load on the existing logistics infrastructure. Here is a list of Chinese land forces hardware to be procured by the Bangladesh Arm...

2011-12-26 (China Military News cited from People's Daily and by Wang Tian) -- In November 2011, the United States held the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 19th informal leadership meeting in Hawaii. Then, President Barack Obama visited Australia and attended the East Asia Summit, turning into the first U.S. President attending the East Asia Summit. During his visit in the Asia-Pacific region, Obama declared that the United States is a great power of the Pacific and will stay in the Asia-Pacific and play a greater and longer role in shaping the region by adhering to core principles and closely cooperating with its alliances and partners. In the political area, the United States is fully strengthening its relations with its old alliances and new partners and actively participating in various multilateral organizations. Hillary Clinton also carried out an ice-breaking trip in Burma in December of 2011. In the economic area, the United States is greatly promoting the Trans-Pa...

China military : Dongfeng Warriors is a off-road vehicle mainly used for military produced by China's Dongfeng Motor Corporation, its style and appearance is similar to the U.S. Hummer vehicles, the vehicles have long head of the first two series of short, single-double soft and hard top, slip back hard and soft top, hard top van, high hard top eight major models. One single row of soft-top model of the tarp, removable side windows, windshield mounted light after overturned, heavy machine guns, soft and hard top are placed inside the central station and pedal, the installation of heavy machinery can be high at the top of the grenade machine turntable launcher weapons, missile launch platform after the box has to form lightweight, high mobility wheeled combat systems. Configuration of power Warriors equipped with Dongfeng Cummins four-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine, maximum power 112kW/2700rpm, maximum torque 502Nm/1500rpm, five-speed manual transmission, driving range of 750km...

2011-12-26 (China Military News cited from China-defense-mashup) -- The well-known Jane's has reported the exist of J-10B and fortunately lots of Chinese aviation fans use their digital cameras to be volunteer reporters for western medias. According to new Chinese internet images appear in june 2011, aviationweek.com says that the new J-10B version of Chengdu's canard fighter is fitted with an electronically scanned array radar. It could be a Rafale-type passive ESA, but that's improbable in 2011 -- it is more likely an active ESA, its development quite likely aided by China's massive campaign of cyberespionage. Now there is a better image available to digging the truth of J-10B fire-control radar. New Image previous image In 2011, China will give Pakistan a squadron of the advanced J-10B multi-role, all-weather fighter aircraft in a bid to boost the strategic reach of its close ally, a media report has said.

China military : Chinese air force and naval air force has begun to equip small batch of the new F-8FR reconnaissance aircrafts. F-8FR reconnaissance aircraft is researched on the base of the F-8F fighter. the difference from earlier F-8R, J-8FR on the 23 mm cannon were removed, replaced by the photographic equipment. ChineseF-8FRhigh-speed reconnaissance aircraft In addition to reconnaissance tasks, J-8FR still have a strong combat capability. The aircraft can carry PL-8 and PL-12 missile. In addition, J-8FR way can be extended by air refueling flight distance. J-8FR on the fairing to protect the camera with a variety of optical observation window size, which indicates that it uses a modular design to accommodate the different bands of photographic equipment. The machine may be used in optical cameras equipped with J-8R on the KA-112A-8R-based development, the performance should be greatly improved. In addition, J-8FR also carry synthetic aperture radar or infrared cameras for night o...