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Latest news, features and opinion on the military in China, including the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the development of warships, aircraft carriers and fighter jets, spending on the armed forces and reforms and modernisation. US-China and mainland-Taiwan military tensions and the deployment of China’s armed forces overseas are also covered.
Meeting between China and the US is not only about avoiding doomsday, but a show of joint leadership that can bring a troubled world to a better place.
A growing number of countries are diversifying their purchases of weapons, with many turning to China and willing to settle payments in the Chinese currency.
A new unmanned aircraft is set to pose a challenge to missile defence systems with quick manoeuvrability even at high altitudes.
Ukraine remains a big source of gas turbines and engines for Chinese destroyers and aircraft.
PLA says increased military spending aims to ‘improve strategic capacity’ to defend sovereignty, security and development interests amid ‘instability and uncertainty’ and ‘complex and grim’ anti-separatist struggle.
China will be world-class in most space technology areas by 2030, US Space Command’s Stephen Whiting says.
Singapore’s will buy eight more F-35 stealth fighters, eventually replacing its older F-16s, as the city state’s air force noted the growing capability of China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force.
After America was seen strapping guns to robotic dogs, Chinese scientists decided to reveal their own tests.
In a sign Beijing is stepping up pressure on Taipei, fleet carried out vessel checks, fishing boat protection and issued warnings near Kinmen where mainland fishermen died, says China Coast Guard.
The new diamond-based chips have a 30% higher power density than any other product, scientists say.
Export version on display until Sunday said to feature ‘fire support’ for ground forces, and improved resistance and attack power.
Researchers have developed a new type of plasma stealth device that could be a game-changer for military aircraft.
Taiwanese defence ministry reports nine of the aircraft, working with PLA warships, crossed Taiwan Strait median line or areas nearby.
The threat of a wider conflict could encourage nations in the region to expand their fighter jet forces but China has challenges in eroding US dominance.
Range of amphibious landing and logistics skills key to any major Taiwan attack may only come in the mid-2030s, retired US Navy intelligence officer J. Michael Dahm writes.
Beijing’s weapons makers show off UAVs at arms exhibition in Riyadh as demand for unmanned combat vehicles grows in Middle East, where Chinese drones have been deployed in Yemen’s civil war and Iraq.
The high-power weapon system can fire from a moving truck and uses just one-fifth of the energy of current methods.
Huge breakthrough in electromagnetic spectrum monitoring will leave enemies with ‘nowhere to hide’, scientists claim.
A newly developed drone could be used for special forces missions to avoid putting human agents in danger.
A combination of the unique traits of chameleons, glass frogs and bearded dragons could form the material for an invisible cloak.
Military bloggers in China claim the Chinese 4.5-generation aircraft outperformed its European-made rival in the Zilzal-II exercise.
Scientists have revealed details of the Fujian’s ‘all in one’ mast – technology they say will have a big impact on warfare in the future.
Researchers claim they have developed a high-speed, high-precision smart shell for kinetic energy weapons.
The accelerated progress reflects the demand for a new midsized combat vessel that is bigger and faster than its predecessor.
Researchers are connecting experimental military AI with commercial large language models to help in predicting the course of war.
Declining industrial base, supply-chain constraints and outflow of weapons to Ukraine said to have left America vulnerable amid bureaucracy.
Y-20 airlifter was put on the international market in November when it was shown to Nigeria’s defence chief, military magazine says.
Early test is Replicator Initiative, which aims to field thousands of American autonomous systems across land, sea and air within next 18 to 24 months.
The deal to buy fifth-generation FC-31 Gyrfalcon jets reflects Pakistan and China’s ‘joint strategy and synergy to neutralise the threat emanating from India’, analysts say.
Plasma-based energy shield is a radical new approach reminiscent of tai chi principles – it aims to convert the attacker’s energy into a defensive force.
The ship was reported to have tracked warplanes from a foreign carrier group ‘in the face of long-time, high-intensity harassment’ dring an incident in the western Pacific in 2022.