India and China carried out a joint army exercise for the first time in Ladakh in the Indian-controlled Kashmir on October 19, Indian media have reported in succession.
2016-10-21 16:49The PLA Navy will dispatch a warship to an international naval review that will be hosted by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) in November 2016, according to British media.
2016-10-21 16:47The China's People's Liberation Navy has at least 10 nuclear-powered submarines remaining in service, according to IHS Jane's Fighting Ships.
2016-10-20 17:53China’s role in Africa is changing from resource extractor to long-term strategic partner. Djibouti is a prime example.
2016-10-19 10:23Photographs posted on Chinese online forums show that a further three Jiangdao-class (Type 056/056A) corvettes have been launched, according to the foreign media.
2016-10-18 17:20China has put over a hundred of its new WZ-10 helicopter gunships into service so that all army aviation brigades have a few of them, according to a report published on the website of Strategy Page on October 4, 2016, a military news hub in the US.
2016-10-14 16:53It is a race even before they take to water. Both India and China are building their first indigenous aircraft carriers and both expect to complete the same by 2018.
2016-10-11 17:36India continues to slowly but steadily build military-to-military ties with China, even as it keeps its armed forces on high operational readiness along the western front with Pakistan for any contingency after the cross-border surgical strikes of September 29.
2016-10-11 09:21China could send a potent and stabilizing message to the region by exercising continued restraint over the development of enhanced amphibious warfare capabilities.
2016-10-08 18:32Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Zhao Jianhua said an enhancement of military ties between the South China Sea foes was something we are looking at.
2016-10-08 17:47Chinese military expert Li Jie said that China's shipbuilding industry is developing at a very fast pace and the volume of orders for new ships, completions and overall shipbuilding capacity of China are in a leading position in the world.
2016-09-26 18:18Chinese exercises in the Bashi Channel appear to be turning into a regular occurrence.
2016-09-25 22:17China’s military strategy takes a substantial leap with the construction of its first overseas military installation in Djibouti?
2016-09-23 15:46Chinese Air Force would soon start flying regularly into the Western Pacific beyond Japan and Taiwan, according to People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Spokesman Shen Jinke.
2016-09-23 15:59China has launched its second space station in a sign of the growing sophistication of its military-backed program that intends to send a mission to Mars in the coming years.
2016-09-15 23:28Airborne forces are an important element of the Chinese military and Beijing will continue to invest in their development and upgrade their combat capabilities.
2016-09-15 23:24China’s air force, along with its navy, has been honing its abilities to conduct operations far from its territory.
2016-09-15 23:21Russia and China have kicked off the Joint Sea-2016 naval exercise aimed at preserving stability in the Asia Pacific and providing safety of navigation in the South China Sea. According to military expert, Teng Jianqun, this shows high level of trust.
2016-09-13 09:51Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr said in an opinion editorial on Saturday that the Australian Cold War Warriors should stop seeing China through the Washington lens.
2016-09-11 20:11China's military has equipped all of its ground forces with advanced WZ-10 combat helicopters which will be used to target battle tanks and air-to-air combat missions, a strategic move which could have implications for India.
2016-09-09 10:25The Chinese Liberation Army, in its mouthpiece 'China Military', claimed that the country's military deployment and movement along the border have always been non-aggressive.
2016-09-07 18:05In what promises to be a unique joint military exercise, the armies of India and China will get together to understand and practice methods to tackle the transnational terror.
2016-09-06 21:37The second Chinese aircraft carrier will provide security for Chinese nuclear ballistic missile submarines stationed on Hainan Island in combat cruise in the South China Sea.
2016-09-01 17:51ROK military officials said "China is mass-producing vessels like printing in a factory." "It is terrifying how powerful the Chinese Navy will become."
2016-08-31 17:08China has set up a new state-owned aviation firm to help meet one its top tech goals: building a world-class aircraft engine.
2016-08-31 17:33Commenting to Sputnik on the upcoming joint military drills between Russia and China in the South China Sea, Russian political analyst Vladimir Kolotov has urged not to “pump-up the information noise and hysteria” around the event.
2016-08-30 20:41As India and the United States today finally inked a long-discussed defence logistics support agreement, China's state media described the move as "a leap forward" in defence ties but added that any future move by India to join the US "alliance system" would bring "strategic troubles".
2016-08-30 16:28India's move to deploy BrahMos cruise missiles in Arunachal Pradesh as a deterrent against China has provoked a sharp response from the Chinese PLA.
2016-08-30 16:37The electronic spectrum, largely out of sight of the public eye, is becoming an area of a growing action/reaction dynamic between China and the United States in the South China Sea.
2016-08-29 17:42China's Defence Ministry said on Thursday that it hoped India could put more efforts into regional peace and stability rather than the opposite, in response to Indian plans to put advanced cruise missiles along the disputed border with China.
2016-08-29 11:32China's military will provide training for Syrian armed forces, a spokesman for Beijing's defence ministry said Thursday, adding it would take place on Chinese soil.
2016-08-29 11:27Foreign media reported that China's investment in its aircraft carrier programme continues with the construction of a second Daguan-class auxiliary ship.
2016-08-29 11:08Last week, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) held what state media called a “maritime confrontation drill” in the Sea of Japan.
2016-09-04 23:39Airbus Defence and Space imagery captured on 11 August 2016 shows significant activity related to Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy projects at Dalian Shipyard, the Jane’s Defense Weekly of Britain said on its website on August 17, 2016.
2016-08-19 17:59A source confirmed that the Indonesian Marine Corps conducted a live-fire testing on Chinese-made Type 90 twin-barreled 35 mm towed anti-aircraft gun on Aug. 12, Jane’s Defense Weekly reported on Tuesday.
2016-08-19 16:34Foreign media reported that China's guided-missile destroyer (DDG) production is still underway at Jiangnan Shipyard, located on Changxing Island near Shanghai City.
2016-08-16 17:32The guided-missile destroyer Shenzhen (Type 051B) of the PLA Navy that used to be the flagship of the South China Sea Fleet recently completed the upgrade of its overall weapon systems. The photos of the upgraded vessel drew attentions from the west.
2016-08-15 18:16Japan's NHK TV station reported that Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida called in Chinese ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua at Japanese Foreign Ministry on the morning of August 9 to protest against Chinese Coast Guard vessels' repeated entry into "Japan's territorial sea" near the Diaoyu Dao and was immediately rebutted by Chinese ambassador.
2016-08-10 16:46Besides China's operations in the East China Sea, news about China's patrol in the South China Sea announced by the Chinese PLA Air Force on August 6 also raised concerns.
2016-08-09 17:39Even if Japan's technological lead is sustained, the sheer size of the Chinese military means that, sooner rather than later, Japan will be relegated to a marginal and subsidiary position in Asia, always inferior to that of China.
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