An industry in which Chinese cloning has excelled to a disconcerting degree is the manufacture of weapon systems. Apr. 21, 2021…
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Chinese Marine Corps releases photo of a group of marines in front of dismantled US Navy EP-3 Aries II on 20th anniversary of the Hainan Incident
by Dario LeoneThe main image of this post was released by the Chinese Marine Corps on Apr. 1, 2021 on the occasion of…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
How a Chinese SA-2 shot down a Taiwanese RB-57D and scored the first ever SAM-Kill
by Dario LeoneThe first V-750 lifted off at 12:04hrs, soon followed by two more. About 40 seconds later, as the RB-57D was at…
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The PLAAF announced in 2019 that the 9th Air Brigade assigned to the 3rd Air Division had become the first service…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
“False information, and completely untrue:” Taiwan solemnly refutes shooting down of Chinese Sukhoi Su-35
by Dario LeoneThe clarification came after Taiwanese social media went abuzz with claims that a China’s Su-35 fighter plane was shot down by…
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Losses and Aviation SafetyMilitary AviationWeapons
Jack in the Box! How an AIM-9 Sidewinder that failed to explode after embedding itself inside a Chinese MiG-17 was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll
by Dario LeoneOne of two Sidewinders that failed to bring down its target had actually also scored a hit: however, it failed to…
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AirshowsMilitary Aviation
Interesting video features airshow comparison between F-35A and J-31
by Dario LeoneGiving the heavy smoke from exhausts heat signature is very high for the J-31 and could affect its stealthiness. The video…
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Military Aviation
“PLAAF J-16 fighter jet received new coating able to make it nearly invisible to the naked eye,” Chinese Officials say
by Dario Leone“The silver-gray painting covering the J-16 is a kind of cloaking coating that gives the warplane a certain stealth capability,” PLAAF…
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Military Aviation
First J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighters delivered to PLAAF front-line unit
by Dario Leone9th Brigade at Wuhu has received its first two to four J-20 fighter aircraft Exactly eight years and one day after…
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Military Aviation
Here are some cool photos of PLAAF J-11 jet fighters conducting night flight training missions
by Dario LeoneThe Shenyang J-11 is a single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter, whose airframe is based on the Soviet-designed Sukhoi Su-27 air superiority fighter…
