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The J-20 "fifth generation" fighter aircraft's reported flight in January marked an achievement for China's defence industrial progress. It also called into question whether the EU and US military trade restrictions had lost a degree of their potency, as well as - some might argue - their relevance 22 years after the events of Tienanmen Square. In short, it was clear that China was making significant strides towards indigenous high-technology development irrespective of the embargoes.

Defence and aerospace manufacturers in the US and Europe have made in-roads in to China's commercial aerospace markets, which might ultimately prove to be valuable bridge-heads if trade restrictions are softened.

While the EU has openly discussed whether to allow defence exports to China, so far the US has exerted strong political pressure to prevent the EU - or more accurately, the EU member states - from easing restrictions.

However, China's growing trade and geopolitical influence may have stimulated a US re-think of its defence trade ban, according to Joanna Spear, associate professor of international affairs at George Washington University. She said: "I think America is incredibly conflicted about this in the sense that China is just such a gung-ho economy and such a potentially great market, but also a potentially great rival.

"Within the Pentagon China is really seen as the nearest peer competitor. The fact that China owns so much of US debt [ Jane's note - China's holding of US Treasury Securities alone stood at USD906 billion in January 2011] is leading to them being seen in other parts of the government, therefore, as a key partner in many things."
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http://www.janes.com/news/defence/jdi/jdi110316_1_n.shtml
 
China doles out US $ 19.8 million military aid to Nepal
In a sign of growing proximity between both nations, China on Wednesday committed to provide neighbouring Nepal with NRs 1.42 billion (US $ 19.8 million) in military aid. Two agreements to this effect were signed by Nepal Army chief General Chatraman Singh Gurung and visiting Chinese Army chief General Chen Bingde here.

This is the biggest amount doled out by Nepal's northern neighbour as military assistance. China had earlier provided US $ 2.6 million in non-lethal military aid and communication logistics worth US $ 3 million.

Bingde who is leading a high level 15-member delegation arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday afternoon on a three day visit at the invitation of his Nepali counterpart.

Bingde's trip, the highest level military visit from China to Nepal in more than a decade, is expected to boost ties between both armies and address sensitive issues like handling of Tibetan refugees.

The latest Chinese largesse will include engineering equipment including heavy construction vehicles, medical equipment to NA's military hospital in Kathmandu and logistics for rescue operations.

In a statement Bingde stated besides benefiting both sides, increased cooperation between the two nations would help towards “maintenance of peace, stability and development in the region.”

During his stay, Bingde would also hold meetings with President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal and Defence Minister Bishnu Poudel.

India is the biggest provider of military assistance to Nepal, but it stopped supplying lethal military aid since former king Gyanendra Shah's royal takeover in 2005.

Since signing of the peace deal in 2006 after a 10 year civil war, Nepal has sought weapons for training purposes. Though unofficial talks are on between both nations, supplies have not resumed.
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/China-doles-out-US-19-8-million-military-aid-to-Nepal/Article1-677053.aspx
 
Is China Developing a VSTOL Fighter?
TAIPEI - China may have test-flown the J-18 Red Eagle vertical short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) fighter earlier this month, if chatter on Chinese-language military blogs is accurate.

China's defense industry is largely opaque and it is difficult to substantiate Internet chatter. However, Chinese-language military blogs reported the first test flight of the stealthy J-20 Black Eagle fighter in January, much to the surprise of the Western media.

Now there are reports emerging of a test flight of the J-18. Tests were supposedly conducted earlier this month and the fighter is similar to the Sukhoi Su-33 carrier-based fighter.

"In 2005, a Chinese aviation industry source told me the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation was considering a F-35B-like program," said Richard Fisher, vice president of the Washington-based International Assessment and Strategy Center. "Given the PLA's naval power projection ambitions, it is probable there is VSTOL or STOVL [short takeoff and vertical landing] fighter program."

There are "many alleged programs in the Chinese blogosphere," Fisher said.

These include a J-16 built by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC), which is a stealthier dedicated attack version of the J-11B (Su-27) multirole fighter with active electronically scanned array radar and an internal weapons bay, which will "reportedly emerge this summer," he said.

China is expected to begin sea trials for its first aircraft carrier this summer. Analysts believe the J-15 Flying Shark, a copy of the Sukhoi Su-33, will be China's first carrier-based fighter. SAC procured an earlier prototype of the Su-33 from the Ukraine in 2001 and the J-15 reportedly conducted its first test flight in mid-2009.

There have also been questionable Chinese-language military blogs providing sketchy reporting on J-17 and J-19 fighter programs. Reportedly, the J-17 is long-range fighter-bomber based on the Russian Sukhoi Su-34 and the J-19 is a heavy multirole fighter based on the J-11B.
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http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=6301965
 
Taiwan: Kiinan lentotukialus pian vesillejulkaistu tänään klo 14:17




Taiwanin tiedustelupalvelu arvioi Kiinan saavan lentotukialuksen palveluskäyttöön jo tämän vuoden aikana. Asiasta kertoi maanantaina Taiwanin parlamentille NSB-tiedustelupalvelun johtaja Tsai Teh-sheng.


Tiedustelujohtaja arvioi, että tukialus aloittaa koulutusoperaatiot kuluvan vuoden aikana ja sillä on jo pian jonkinlainen taistelukyky.

Kiina hankki Ukrainalta keskeneräisen neuvostoaikaisen Varyag-lentotukialuksen vuonna 1998. Tukialuksen rakennustyöt käynnistettiin Kiinassa vuonna 2002, ja useiden arvioiden mukaan alus on nyt lähes valmis.

Taiwan on aiemmin ilmaissut huolensa Kiinan laivaston vahvistumisesta. Taiwanin mukaan lentotukialus vaarantaa maan turvallisuuden lisäksi koko Aasian vakauden. Kiina pitää Taiwanin kapinallisena maakuntanaan.
 
Lista koneista mitä kiinalaisilla on/oli (osittain huhujen mukaan) meneillään.

1): J-11: Chinese copy of SU-27 (Shenyang)
2): J-12: Super light single-engine interceptor project in 1960s-70s (Cancelled)(Nanchang)
3): J-13: Medium weight, conventional layout single-engine interceptor project in 1970s-80s(Cancelled)(Shenyang)
4): J-14: Project initiated at the beginning of 21st Century, heavy-weight twin-engine stealth fighter developed from the basis of J-10, aka "Big 10", later cancelled due to 4th-gen fighter R&D proceeding on schedule, experience garnered are to be used on future projects.(Chengdu).
5): J-15: Chinese version of SU-33 with avionics upgrades, carrier-borne version of J-11B, 1st generation of Chinese carrier-borne fighter. (Shenyang).
6): J-16: Chinese version of SU-30MKK with avionics upgrades, variant developed from J-11BS, this is to be a long-ranged fighter-bomber with similar technological level as to F-15K/SG. (Shenyang).
7): J-17: new generation of long-ranged fighter-bomber based on J-11B, to something like the SU-34 but integrated with certain stealth technology. (Shenyang)
8): J-18: new generation of carrier-borne fighter with stealth characteristics, develop from the basis of J-15基础上, integrated with many of the 4th-gen technology. This proposal, along with that of J-19, have received the go-ahead in 2009. (Shenyang)
9): J-19: high-end, major modification to J-11B design to 4th-gen stealth standard, this is designed as a 4th-gen heavy-weight multi-role fighter to serve alongside the J-20.(Shenyang)
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Pictures are worth of a thousand words – much talk has been focused on China’s defense budget increase and those numbers and figures are somewhat obscure to outsiders. By comparing the current Type 07 infantry gear to the type 87 issued in the late 1990s, it offers a striking representation on the budget increases' impacts on the grunts
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http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2011/05/photo-album-day-in-life-of-pla-enlist.html
 
Chinese Maritime surveillance forces will expand
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-05/02/content_12429245.htm
 
Chinese Stealth Fighter Could Rival US's Best: Report
The next generation stealth fighter under development by the Chinese military could rival America's best fighters in speed, stealth and lethality, according to a new private report.

Details on the Chinese J-20 fighter are scant as the project has been developed under extreme secrecy, but an analysis conducted by the conservative Washington D.C.-based defense policy think tank The Jamestown Foundation based on the little publicly available information concluded that the fighter "will be a high performance stealth aircraft, arguably capable of competing in most cardinal performance parameters... with the United States F-22A Raptor, and superior in most if not all cardinal performance parameters against the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter."
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/chinese-prototype-stealth-fighter-rival-uss-best-report/story?id=13561596&page=1
 
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Taiwan: Kiinan lentotukialus pian vesillejulkaistu tänään klo 14:17

Taiwanin tiedustelupalvelu arvioi Kiinan saavan lentotukialuksen palveluskäyttöön jo tämän vuoden aikana. Asiasta kertoi maanantaina Taiwanin parlamentille NSB-tiedustelupalvelun johtaja Tsai Teh-sheng.
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Hyvä että Taiwanin tiedustelupalvelu tienaa palkkansa. Internetissä julkaistuista kuvista on nähtävissä että sensorien ja aseistuksen asennus on loppusuoralla ja savupiipusta on noussut höyryä ja savua. Ei tarvitse olla mikään rakettitieteilijä päätelläkseen että paatti alkaa olla valmis...

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Taiwania saattavat myös huolettaa puheet uudesta suuresta maihinnousualuksesta (Tyyppi 081). Sellainenkin huhu kiertää että Shanghaissa olisi telakalla tekeillä peräti kaksi Varyagin kopiota...
 
Uusi dieselsukellusvene. Joidenkin mukaan kyseessä on Qing
-luokan paatti...
http://www.informationdissemination.net/2011/05/submarine-speculation-on-new-pla-navy.html

http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-photos-of-qing-class-ssk.html



 
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Uusi dieselsukellusvene. Joidenkin mukaan kyseessä on Qing
-luokan paatti...
http://www.informationdissemination.net/2011/05/submarine-speculation-on-new-pla-navy.html

http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-photos-of-qing-class-ssk.html
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Jenkit odottelevat kärsimättöminä sataman ulkopuolella ensiristeilyä...
 
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Mikähän tarkoitus tuollaisella tornissa näkyvällä paneelilla saattaisi olla?
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Olettaen että et tarkoita noita ikkunoita, niin tarkoittanet tuota tuossa ovesta oikealla näkyvää mustaa juttua? Olisiko osa sellaista ääntä eristävää kumikerrosta?
 
China expands drone surveillance
High above the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, it was but a sparkling light.

The unidentified object was, however, bright enough to catch the attention of officers of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force, who were on a recent patrol in the difficult high terrain along India's disputed mountainous border with China.

The bright speck, they knew, was out of place among the gently flickering stars that usually keep them company on cold night patrols.

The ITBP and military experts believe the sighting was only the latest confirmation of a military programme across the border that is revolutionising China's surveillance capabilities — the country's fast-expanding domestic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), or “drone”, industry.

The programme's success was easier to spot in Beijing this week, where Chinese companies displayed a range of domestically-developed UAVs at an exhibition on police equipment and anti-terrorism technology.

Once reluctant to discuss the state of development of the country's home-grown “drones”, Chinese authorities are increasingly showcasing the industry's rapid progress, as well as looking for foreign markets.

At last year's air-show in Zhuhai, foreign observers were left stunned by 25 UAVs that were displayed, at stages of development far more advanced than earlier thought.

“The Zhuhai display showed substantial variations in Chinese capabilities, and indicates that their science and technology, as well as research and development, is quite phenomenal in this area,” said Srikanth Kondapalli, professor of Chinese studies and an expert on the Chinese military at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

In Beijing this week, industry representatives were bullish about the UAV industry, suggesting a significant expansion was on the cards. Representatives of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), one of China's biggest UAV manufacturers, said UAVs would play a bigger role in China's anti-terrorism missions.

While the drones are being designed primarily for anti-terrorism, their use has also been expanded to border reconnaissance, particularly over the Taiwan Straits, still a focus of China's military interests.

UAVs “will be useful for reconnaissance along border areas, where natural conditions are inhospitable,” Li Wei, director of the anti-terrorism research center at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), an official think-tank in Beijing, told the State-run China Daily in a recent interview.

The drones are dual-use — they will also be deployed for civilian purposes. Beijing police officials said at the symposium they would consider using UAVs in emergencies, and also to monitor traffic.

But it is China's military programme that has received most attention.

Also on display this week were drones with domestically-designed weapon platforms.

For a programme that was only launched a decade ago, growth has been rapid. Ten years ago, China was reliant on Israel for its supply of Heron UAVs. However, American concerns over their deployment in the Taiwan Straits subsequently forced China to seek alternatives.

The first domestically-produced UAV was unveiled only four years ago, at the previous Zhuhai air-show.

Recently, the UAVs have been “used substantially in Tibet and Xinjiang,” Mr. Kondapalli said. “Since the number one national security threat number is the Three Evils [terrorism, separatism and religious extremism], they are providing real-time information to the government on the ground, whether any Al-Qaeda operatives are sneaking into Kashgar [near Xinjiang's western border].”

The drones are also useful for border surveillance. China's biggest drone, the ASN-229 A, has a 2,000 km operating radius, and is directed by satellite.

China's success, Mr. Kondapalli said, “would impact India's own thinking process,” with the country still reliant on Israeli UAVs.

Underscoring the widening gap in capabilities across the border, the recent sightings by the ITBP could not be documented with certainty, given the lack of sophisticated equipment in many outposts in India's border regions.

The personnel of the ITBP patrol with rudimentary equipment. When they looked skyward, they had no high-tech surveillance tools to turn to — they only had binoculars for company.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article2038426.ece
 
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Uusi dieselsukellusvene. Joidenkin mukaan kyseessä on Qing
-luokan paatti...
http://www.informationdissemination.net/2011/05/submarine-speculation-on-new-pla-navy.html

http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-photos-of-qing-class-ssk.html



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Olisiko esikuvana käytetty KILO-luokan sukellusvenettä (Projekt 636) joita Kiinalla on jo entisestään tai sitten LADA-luokkaa...?

Pieni paatti joten Diesel-sähköinen hyökkäyssukellusvene se ainakin on.
 
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