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Type 051C Luzhou Class
Type 051C (NATO codename: Luzhou class) is an air-defence guided missile destroyer, utilising the Russian-made S-300FM regional air-defence missile system controlled by the Volna (‘Tomb Stone’) 3D...
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Type 052C Luyang-II Class
Nicknamed ‘Chinese Aegis’, the Type 052C (NATO reporting name: Luyang-II class) destroyers were the first truly multirole and highly capable, modern indigenous destroyers introduced by the PLA Navy....
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Type 052D Luyang-III Class
First introduced into the PLA Navy service in 2014, Type 052D (NATO reporting name: Luyang-III class) is the latest variant of the Type 052 family, featuring a number of changes over the previous Type...
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Xi’an MA-60H enters service with China Coast Guard
The first Xi’an Aircraft Industries Company (XAC) MA-60H maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) has entered service with the China Coast Guard. During a ceremony on 19 June, the MA-60 (registration number...
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24th Type 054A missile frigate commissioned into service
Xuchang (pennant number: 536), the 24th hull of the Type 054A missile frigate, was officially commissioned into service by the PLA Navy South Sea Fleet at Zhanjiang Naval Base on 23 June. Also known as...
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PLAAF to send J-10B for ‘Aviadarts’ military aviation competition
The PLA Air Force (PLAAF) will send its indigenous Chengdu J-10B multirole fighters to take part in the ‘Aviadarts’ competition between July 30 and August 9, the Chinese Ministry of National Defence...
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1st Type 055 missile destroyer launched at Jiangnan Shipyard
The lead ship of China’s new-generation Type 055 missile destroyers was launched today (28 June) at Jiangnan Shipyard on Changxing Island, Shanghai. In a ceremony attended by General Zhang Youxia,...
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PLAAF received 2nd batch of Su-35S
China has received the second batch of the 24 Su-35S ‘Flanker-E’ fighters it ordered from Russia. The four Su-35S fighters in the PLAAF livery, accompanied by a Russian Il-76TD jet transport, flew from...
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Liaoning conduct cross-regional training
The Chinese state news agency Xinhua has released TV images of PLA Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning in a “cross-regional training”, after leaving its homeport in Qingdao about a week ago. The aircraft...
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China deploys first expeditionary unit to Horn of Africa
The Chinese state media reported on Tuesday (11 July) the deployment of military troops and warships to the country’s first ever overseas base – officially referred to as “a naval logistics support...
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Production variant CH-5 UAV made maiden flight
The production variant of the CASC CH-5 (Cai Hong-5, or Rainbow 5) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its maiden flight successfully on 14 July from an undisclosed airfield in Hebei Province, marking...
View ArticleType 001A
On 26 April, China’s first indigenously-built Type 001A aircraft carrier was launched in northeast China’s Dalian Shipyard, a major milestone in the PLA Navy’s two-decade indigenous carrier programme....
View ArticleCounter-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Eden
In December 2016, the PLA Navy dispatched three warships to the Gulf of Aden near Somalia for counter-piracy operations – the first time China deployed its military forces to overseas outside the...
View ArticleDjibouti Naval Base
In July 2017, China activated its first overseas military base, which has been officially referred to as a “support facility”, in the African country of Djibouti on the Horn of Africa. The naval base...
View ArticleLong March 2C/D
The Long March 2 (Chang Zheng 2) is a liquid-fuelled, two-stage space launch vehicle designed to loft satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Developed from the Dong Feng 5 (CSS-4) intercontinental...
View ArticleLong March 2E/F
The Long March 2E (Chang Zheng 2E, or CZ-2E) was developed from the CZ-2C as a heavy-lift orbital launch system intended for the international commercial launch market. It was capable of lofting...
View ArticleLong March 3
The Long March 3 (Chang Zheng-3, or CZ-3) is a family of space launch vehicles designed for Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and translunar orbit missions. The launch vehicle was based on the first- and...
View ArticleLong March 4
The Long March 4 (Chang Zheng-4, or CZ-4) is a family of three-stage, liquid-propellant orbital launch vehicles introduced in the 1980s for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) launch missions. It was based on...
View ArticleLong March 6
The Long March 6 (CZ-6) is a liquid-fuelled, small-lift launch vehicle part of China’s next generation orbital launcher family, developed based on the same common rocket engines that use...
View ArticleLong March 7
The Long March 7 (Chang Zheng-7, or CZ-7) is the medium-lift member of China’s next-generation launch vehicles that have been developed based on several common rocket engines using environment-friendly...
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