3 d. ago ‘Carrier killer’, China’s Himars, latest tanks on display at Victory Day parade

‘Carrier killer’, China’s Himars, latest tanks on display at Victory Day parade  South China Morning Post

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5 d. ago China Seems ‘Locked and Loaded’ to Sink Navy Aircraft Carriers

China Seems ‘Locked and Loaded’ to Sink Navy Aircraft Carriers  National Security Journal

Transport

1 week ago All Signs Point To China Launching New ‘Fujian’ Aircraft Carrier Soon

All Signs Point To China Launching New ‘Fujian’ Aircraft Carrier Soon  National Security Journal

Transport

1 week ago China’s Fujian carrier may join service next month, CCTV video suggests

China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, could be officially commissioned as early as wartime anniversaries next month, a video by state broadcaster CCTV suggests. The video released on Saturday sought to draw a parallel between the Japanese naval incursions 88 years ago and the Fujian’s readiness to enter service, linking it with the memory of the Japanese invasion. China will be marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japanese aggression with a military parade on...

Culture

2 w. ago China’s carriers cruised past the Second Island Chain. What now?

China’s carriers cruised past the Second Island Chain. What now?  Breaking Defense

Politics

2 w. ago Can China’s hypersonic drone carrier bring Nasa’s ‘scissor wing’ dream to life?

Chinese aerospace engineers are revisiting a decades-old, largely abandoned aviation concept – the oblique rotating wing – and transforming it into a potential cornerstone of future warfare: an unstaffed hypersonic mother ship capable of flying at five times the speed of sound and unleashing a swarm of drones behind enemy lines. Drawing inspiration from Nasa’s quirky AD-1 experimental aircraft of the 1970s – a small jet-driven plane with a “scissor wing” that pivoted diagonally across the...

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3 w. ago China’s aircraft carriers in Pacific signals ability to ‘contest’ US power

China’s aircraft carriers in Pacific signals ability to ‘contest’ US power  Al Jazeera

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3 w. ago Taiwan unveils ‘carrier killer’ plans in bid to deter mainland Chinese forces

Taiwan is developing a next-generation anti-ship missile in a move that defence analysts have described as potentially a major boost to the island’s ability to deter mainland China’s expanding naval power. In a list issued under the Defence Industry Development Act, Taiwan’s defence ministry announced a new weapon described as a “long-range subsonic anti-ship cruise missile”. The list said the island’s military would spend NT$40 million (US$1.4 million) next year and the year after that to buy...

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