East Asia and Pacific Region
China has a Problem, It Can’t Make Jet Engine and Marine Propulsion
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Peoples Liberation Army Air Force
Air Platform
In-depth Look At China’s Upgraded J-10C Vigorous Dragon
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China’s Domestic Engine Problems Continue to Become A Headache For PLA-AF
Problems encountered in the development of new WS-15 engine mean PLA Air Force’s first J-20s are not so stealthy at supersonic speeds. China rushed its first J-20 fighter jet into service ahead of schedule last […]
Air Platform
Pakistan Buys Chinese J-10C Fighter Jets
Islamabad (GDC) –Pakistan has acquired 25 Chinese multirole J-10C fighter jets in response to India’s purchase of Rafale aircraft, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Wednesday. The minister told reporters in his home […]
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Why China’s J-20 and FC-31 Aren’t So Stealthy?
The J-20 is one of two fighters being simultaneously developed in China. The other aircraft is the Shenyang FC-31, a smaller multirole fighter that is being developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and could potentially […]
Defense Industry
Here’s why, China ditches Russian-made jet engines?
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East Asia and Pacific Region
Engine Problem: A Long Road Ahead of China’s J-20 Fighters to Fix Its Weaknesses
The 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China 2021, kicked off in Zhuhai, South China’s Guangdong Province, on last Tuesday, with aerial performances, highlighted by two J-20 fourth-generation aircraft making their debut […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
India, China Competing for Fighter Jets Superiority
Designed to establish and maintain air superiority or air dominance, fighter aircraft have evolved from relatively simple, wood and canvas airframes during the First World War, to the highly manoeuvrable, long-range aircraft that dominated the skies […]
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China’s copycat J-16D EW is not a EA-18 Grolwer
China’s aviation engineers have never been too proud to copy a good idea from abroad, usually modified with “Chinese characteristics.” Perhaps it is not surprising that China appears to have copied the idea to have […]
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China’s J-10C Defeats J-16 In A War Game: Report
The “Golden Helmet” award of the Chinese Air Force’s annual flying skills competition was announced. The J-10C of the “Big Red Eagle” unit from the southern theater won the award by defeating the J-16, learned […]