The delivery, managed by DCNS India, was achieved on time, meeting all the stringent quality standards required for on-board use on a submarin...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Chinese navy flotilla heads for escort mission in Gulf of Aden
Special force soldiers stand guard on board and prepare to set sail at a port in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, Feb 28, 2012. The 11th Chinese naval escort flotilla, consisting of destroyer "Qingdao", frigate "Yantai" and comprehensive supply ship "Huishanhu", departed from Qingdao on Feb 28 for the escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to protect commercial ships from pirate attacks. (Xinhu...
Sunday, February 26, 2012
WZ-10 PICTURES RELEASED , WITH HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT
WZ -10, not only using a helmet sighting system, it's body also contains advanced equipment.
WZ-10 attack helicopter
China wz-10 attack helicopter
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Sukhoi to Remain Top Combat Aircraft Seller Until 2015
Russia’s Sukhoi aircraft maker will remain among the top three exporters of fighter jets until at least 2015, the Moscow based Center for Analysis of World Arms Trade (CAWAT) said on Friday.
“Sukhoi will export 109 fighters in the next three years, while U.S. Lockheed Martin exports110 aircraft, and China’s Chengdu -112 aircraft,” CAWAT head Igor Korotchenko sai...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Z-15 (AC352) Chinese EC175
The EC175, the latest member of the Eurocopter range, today performed its official maiden flight in the skies above Marignane. At the controls were Alain Di Bianca, Eurocopter Experimental Test Pilot, as well as Michel Oswald and Patrick Bremont, Flight Test Engineers. Officials, industrial partners, launch customers and Eurocopter employees were all on hand for the event. This newest addition to the Eurocopter family in the 7-metric-ton class...
CM-32 Yunpao APC
CM-32 Yunpao (Cloud Leopard) is an 8x8 armoured personnel carrier manufactured by the Ordnance Readiness Development Centre in Nantou for the Republic of China (Taiwan) Army. Originally designed by Timoney Technology of Ireland, the CM-32 Yunpao will replace ageing M113s and V-150 armoured vehicles of the Taiwan Arm...
Monday, February 20, 2012
Chinese MP5 style 9mm submachine gun
photos of the new Chinese made submachine gun I had heard about.
It looks a lot like what I would expect the child of a Sig 550 rifle and an H&K MP5submachine gun would look like. I actually think it looks pretty good. Not much is known about this gun. It chambers 9mm less-lethal rubber bullet rounds (effective range of 10-80 meters) and 9mm Parabellum. The intended users are law enforcemen...
Norinco NR08: Chinese MP5 Clone
China is now producing clones of the H&K MP5A4 submachine gun. I cannot even recollect reading that China had purchased a license from H&K and I presume these are unlicensed clone. These guns are being exported to the Philippines and being sold for the equivalent of about $2,500.
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
Type 054A Jiangkai II-class guided-missile frigates
ChinaType 054A Jiangkai II-class guided-missile frigates (FFGs), the most advanced ships of their type in the PLAN inventory. These FFGs are now entering service. GlobalSecurity.org projects that 12 Jiangkais will be in service by this year, 22 by 2015. The surface fleet clearly is not stagnating despite the halt in production of top-end combatant...
Chinese navy DDG-171 Haikou destroyer
Chinese Navy personnel, members of the 10th naval escort flotilla, wave goodbye from on deck of the missile destroyer Haikou before departing yesterday from Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. The Haikou, along with the frigate Yuncheng, is bound for the Gulf of Aden and waters off the coast of Somalia to protect merchant vessels against pirate attacks. The ships will relieve the Wuhan and Yulin from the Chinese Navy's ninth flotilla, which has patrolled the area since July. The new...
Saturday, February 18, 2012
China deploys new tanks on Tibetan Plateau
I believe these are Type 96 tanks, which is a third
generation tank in service in PLA.
It features a 125 mm smoothbore gun, with a 1000 hp diesel engine.
An estimated 1,500 Type 96 tanks are currently in service with the PLA.
China is slowly building up the infrastructures on Tibet to allow more rapid deployment of troops. We shall see more military maneuvers in Tibet...
Russian Tank to Appear in 2013
Russia will complete the first prototype of the new Armata main battle tank by 2013 and begin production and deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces in 201...
Australia’s Next-gen Rifle, the EF-88
After a few failed attempts, the Australian Army has finally decided on their next-gen rifle. They will be upgrading their Austeyr F88 (Australia's Steyr AUG variant) to make is more modular, ambidextrous, lighter and easier to accessorize. New ammunition (presumably a modern 5.56mm load), an underbarrel 40mm grenade launcher and electronic control system will be developed alongside the rifle. The upgrade will be done by Thales Australi...
Friday, February 17, 2012
DDG 131 (Nanjing) decommissioned today.
This old Type 051 Luda class workhorse of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla, East Sea entered service in 1977. After 35 years of service,
While some late model Type 051s are now sporting the updated C802 SSM and HQ7 SAM. Poor 131 was never allowed such treatment.
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