Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Russia Close to Sign Su-35 Fighter Deal With China




Russia and China may soon sign a $4-bln contract on the delivery of 48 Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E fighter jets to the Chinese air force, Russia’s Kommersant business daily said on Tuesday. “The sides have practically agreed on the delivery of 48 Su-35 multirole fighters, worth $4 billion, to China,” Kommersant said citing a source in the Russian defense industry

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

China’s defence budget to aid air force modernisation


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China has announced that it will raise its 2012 defence budget by 11.2% year on year to CNY670 billion ($106 billion), although it provided no details of how this will affect aircraft procurement and research and development (R&D) activities.

China PRC defense spending increase of 11.2




China In 2012, the PRC will increase defense spending by 11.2%, to 670 billion yuan (107 billion USD). However, the growth rate decreases and the share in GDP arms

Monday, March 5, 2012

CHINESE WHEELED ARMORED VEHICLE READY TO GO ABROAD




Chinese wheeled armored vehicle
Modern PLA Armoured Vehicles

Chinese Armoured Vehicles

Armoured Vehicles

Wheeled Armoured Vehicles



CHINESE NANSHA MISCHIEF REEF




Mischief Reef is located at latitude 9 degrees 55 minutes east longitude 115 degrees 32 minutes, the Mischief Reef is an atoll, about nine kilometers from east to west, 5.2 km wide from north to south. Mischief Reef in the middle of the lagoon, the depth of about 25.6 m. Four weeks reef 6 feet above water at low tide. 3 imports to enter the lagoon. All three entrances in the south and southwest, the large vessels at high tide through one of the largest in southern entrance into the lagoon. Southwest gate width 92 m, 414 m long, 23.8 m deep waterways, water crossing is a little reef development and hinder the fairway. The south gate a little reef distribution waterway divided into two parts, East Road, a narrow 18 m water depth of 1.8 m; West Road, 37 meters wide, 275 m long, 18 meters of water depth above. Waterway when the flow rate of 1.3 in the neap tide. Atoll northeast of relatively shallow depth of only 1.8 m of the reef head distribution.