052C radar + Aeroengine development
Since the Lunar New Year break started, not much significant news have happened, but there were a couple of story lines in the past month that caught my attention. The…
J-20 and geopolitical implications.
The J-20 project has made some significant progress in the past 2 years with the roll out of prototypes 2011 to 2017 to accelerate the flights testing and development of…
Air force comparisons
In the past, I have often seen or tried to stop discussions over what I call vs battles. Military fans universally love to debate whether one aircraft is better than…
Carrier Fleet and Strategic transport
This entry will focus on two of the largest strategic projects that China is currently working on: Carrier fleet and strategic transport (Y-20). For the former, there has been increasing…
Thoughts on the so called H-20 bomber
After the development of Y-20 and J-20, the next military major aviation project in China is the rumoured H-20 bomber project. Although we do not know the exact designation, PLAAF’s…
J-31 Updates
Most recently, the first LRIP batch of J-20 appears to be handed over to FTTC to start the processing of getting inducted into PLAAF later this year or early next.…
Type 055 program update
While reading pop3’s various posts on Type 055, I was struck by how long this project has been planned. As far back as 1968, the Type 055 designation was given…
PLAN modernization philosophy
Most recently, I have been reading writings from pop3, a good source for PLAN, on the upcoming Type 055 cruiser. At the same, I have also been reading and discussing…
Looking at cruisers and Type 055
When I read Pop3’s comments that an initial estimate of the Type 055 design’s displacement was over 20,000 ton, the first thought that came to my mind was Kirov class…
Naval aviation
PLAN’s naval aviation arm has gotten a huge boost since the commissioning of CV-16. In the past year, this has been especially more pronounced with more and more activities off…