Type 200A Anti-Runway Bomb

Type 200AThe PLAAF 60th Anniversary Warplane Show marks the first public display of the Type 200A anti-runway bomb, the rumored laser-guarded variant of the Type200-4 anti-runway bomb in service with the PLAAF since 1996. According to the Chinese, the Type200-4 is the localized adoption of the French MATRA Durandal imported during the 1980s. As expected, MATRA denied any direct Durandal link

Discussion on China's Security Future

Here is a good panel discussion from the Council on Foreign Relations on the recent development of the PLA. Click on the link below, download the MP3, and listen to it in your own time. You can also watch the video online (here) China 2025: Panel III: China's Security Future (Audio) http://www.cfr.org/publication/20548/china_2025.html?breadcrumb=%2Fregion%2F270%2Feast_asia Speakers:

Historical photos for the 60th anniversary of the PLAAF.

A rare photo of the Tu-4 "Bull" bomber (Soviet's B-29 copy) of PLAAF's 4th Independent Regiment , 10 were "given" by Stalin for Mao's birthday in 1953No Bull! It is a Chinese AWAC!

China to mark 60th founding anniversary of airforce with warplane show

The word "harmonious" IMHO has been overused and abused by the PRC PR department. Give it a rest.China to mark 60th founding anniversary of airforce with warplane show(Source: Xinhua) 2009-10-27　　BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force will put its most advanced warplanes on display in the suburbs of Beijing in November, to mark the 60th founding

The original Type 054 pair heads out.

The deployment of FFG-525 and FFG-526 marks the first time members of the third Flotilla, East Sea Fleet are being deployed to the Gulf of Aden.The third flotilla is modern by PLAN standards staffed with the imported Russian Sovremenny class DDG and the domestic Type 054 and Type 054A FFG. It made news last November when the DDG138 and FFG 525 passed through the Japanese Tsugaru Strait on their

J-10S, the White Rabbit Candy.*

"August First" flight demonstration team to fly J-10 aircraftHere is SOC's view on the new demo bird.AAMs could be there for balance issues. J-10s seem to almost always be carrying PL-8s out there. Even the J-10B had them fitted when it first appeared in primer. Drop tank could be where the chemicals for the smoke effect are stored. In the Thunderbirds F-16 the 20mm gun and ammo can were

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Cadets to be trained in a PLAN vessel for the first time.

Since the current economic downturn, the trilateral relations between China, South Korea and Japan has improved steadily. They are now pushing forward with their own regional cooperation agendas. First, there was the joint development of undersea resources in the disputed zones between China and Japan, (here) then the study of the "East Asian Community" concept (here), and now the Trilateral