New Facility Offers Carrier Building Capability
Much of the attention on PRC’s aircraft carrier programme has been previously focused on the ex-Soviet Navy Admiral Kuznetsov class carrier Varyag. However, new details began to emerge on a possible indigenous aircraft carrier programme carried out by the CSSC Jiangnan Shipyard at its newly built Changxing Shipbuilding Base
Co-Production of Mi-17 Helicopter in Chengdu
Russian Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant JSC has set up a joint venture Sichuan Lantian Helicopter Co. Ltd. in Chengdu to repair and manufacture the Mi-17 series helicopters for both Chinese and international customers. The plant will build 20 helicopters in 2008, using Russian supplied kits. The production is expected to eventually reach 80 helicopters per year. The models to be co-produced will include Mi-171, Mi-17V5, and Mi-17V7
Analysis: PLA's New Modular Force Structure
In order to meet the requirement of “fighting and winning local wars under conditions of informationisation”, the PLA has been undergoing an overhaul in its force structure, aiming to build a smaller, but more flexible force capable of dealing with diversified security threats and accomplishing a wider range of tasks
Military Hotline Activated Between China and the U.S.
Chinese Defence Minister General Liang Guanglie and his U.S. counterpart Defence Secretary Robert Gates spoke to each other for about 30 minutes on Thursday over the direct telephone hotline
PLA Mobilised for Quake Rescue Operation
Following the earthquake in Sichuan Province on Monday 12 May, the Chinese government has launched its biggest rescue and relief operation in decades, with over 140,000 PLA and PAP troops, police officers and rescue and medical workers mobilised
New Books
China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force
This collection of essays presents the latest thinking of leading experts on the emergence of a modern nuclear submarine fleet in China. The book has been compiled by four professors and analysts at the U.S. Naval War College... read more
