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Jet Engine Development in China: Indigenous high-performance turbofans are a fin...
June 26th, 2011Deep Dive—Special In-Depth Report #2 Executive Summary: –Engines commonly used in Chinese and other modern aircraft may be divided into several major categories: (1) low-bypass turbofans…
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Flying Shark” Gaining Altitude: How might new J-15 strike fighter improve Chin...
June 8th, 2011General Chen Bingde, Chief of Staff of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), has just been quoted as confirming that a Chinese “aircraft carrier is under construction…
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The ‘Flying Shark’ Prepares to Roam the Seas: Strategic pros and cons of Chi...
May 19th, 2011China’s budding aircraft carrier program is provoking energetic debate among Chinese and foreign observers. The former Ukrainian carrier Varyag (called “Shi Lang” by some Chinese Internet…
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China’s New Project 718/J-20 Fighter: Development outlook and strategic implic...
January 17th, 2011–China’s J-20 fighter has the potential to be a formidable air combat system in the Asia-Pacific region, but a number of technical hurdles will need to…
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China Deploys World’s First Long-Range, Land-Based ‘Carrier Killer’: DF-2...
December 26th, 2010“Deep Dive”—Special In-Depth Report I As we enter the Year of the Hare, China has achieved a major military milestone far faster than many foreign observers…