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Could North Korea eventually have nuclear missile to reach U.S.? 4 May 2013 | 05:53 am
2013-05-03 — North Korea’s continuing development of nuclear technology and long-range ballistic missiles will move it closer to its stated goal of being able to hit the United States with an atomic w...
Philippine Navy chief slams Chinese maneuvers in disputed sea 29 Apr 2013 | 05:48 pm
2013-04-29 — Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano said Chinese naval maneuvers in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) and use of non-military maritime vessels way beyond its coastl...
Can Xi Jinping Bring Change to China’s Military? 25 Apr 2013 | 07:45 am
2013-04-24 — Over the weekend Chinese President Xi Jinping issued an order requiring PLA and People’s Armed Police generals and senior officers to spend two weeks on front lines as enlisted, low-ranki...
China Has NotChanged Nuclear Strategy, Yet 22 Apr 2013 | 06:26 pm
2013-04-22 — (by M. Taylor Fravel and from thediplomat.com) — In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, nuclear expert James Acton suggests that China may be changing its nuclear doctrine. The principa...
The newest development of China’s armed helicopters 17 Apr 2013 | 07:08 am
2013-04-16 — (By Peter Wood and Cristina Garafola and from atimes.com) — While much attention has been given to Chinese development of fixed-wing aircraft like the J-20 and J-31, relatively little has...
PLA Type 071 Warship shows great capacity of carrying armoured vehicles 14 Apr 2013 | 08:44 am
2013-04-14 — PLA Navy’s Type 071 amphibious warfare ship has a capacity of one marine battalion, including 500-800 troops, and 15-20 amphibious armoured vehicles. This photo displays that the ship wel...
US must watch carefully rise of Chinese military 10 Apr 2013 | 12:38 pm
2013-04-09 — The United States needs to watch “very carefully” the rise of the Chinese military and how it integrates into the regional security environment, a top American military commander told law...
China to join RIMPAC, A Dilemma in Containment 3 Apr 2013 | 06:21 am
2013-04-03 — The U.S. military’s Stars and Stripes is out today with a report that China has officially accepted an invitation to participate in RIMPAC in 2014. The biannual exercise is one of the Uni...
Chinese Military Development: not only Numbers 12 Mar 2013 | 06:59 am
2013-03-12 (by Andrew S.Erickson and Adam P. Liff) — While reports warn of China’s rising military budget and lack of transparency, numbers and hyped headlines often cloud the bigger picture. Given Ch...
China’s second stealth J-31 may be a carrier fighter 12 Mar 2013 | 06:49 am
2013-03-12 — It appears that China may indeed be working to turn its second stealth fighter, the J-31, into an aircraft carrier-borne fighter. The chief designer of the J-31 (as well as China’s curren...
