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The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) is developing not one, but two stealth bombers, according to a Defense Intelligence Agency report published earlier this year.

The Y-20's refueling capability is not nearly yet on par with that of the U.S. military, but Chinese engineers and pilots are leaning hard in that direction with a disturbing kind of urgency.

Chinese strategists seem to be increasingly practiced (at least in a domestic context) at selling the argument that more and new types of weapons enhance deterrence and thus strategic stability.

Aiming to achieve “orbiting, landing and roving” all in one mission, China's Tianwen-1 probe, which managed to smoothly reach Martian parking orbit in February, has entered crucial touchdown stage.

China’s J-10C Fighter jet with Domestic WS-10 Taihang Engine Enters Air Force Service Our Bureau 1721 Chengdu J-10C powered by the indigenous WS-10B turbofan engine @Chinese state media China’s J-10C fighter aircraft with indigenous WS-10 Taihang engines have entered operational service with the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). Images released by China National TV from a PLAAF live shooting exercise at an unspecified location show J-10C ‘Vigorous Dragons’ with disti...

This undated file photo shows an illustration of Tianwen-1 robotic probe entering Martian orbit. - China Daily BEIJING (Global Times): In the wake of Chinas successful launch of the Tianhe core cabin, the first section for the countrys first space station, into planned orbit, stargazers from all over the world have now turned their heads once again to Mars, looking forward to the event of Chinas Tianwen-1 probes upcoming landing somewhere in the southern part of a vast plain known as Utopia Pla...

BEIJING, May 10: Chinas space authority has announced that remnants from Chinas Long March-5B Y2 carrier rocket reentered the Earths atmosphere, most of it burning up on entry, with some remnants falling in the Arabian Sea. Amid an intense China-US relationship and increasingly fierce competition in technology between the two great powers, some Americans have been racking their brains and grasping every chance to hype the "China threat" theory, with the latest episode being they accusing China ...

While China has no control over the falling debris, authorities have said most of the components will likely be destroyed as it plummets.

Out-of-control rocket: North Island named as latest crash location 8 May, 2021 04:50 AM 4 minutes to read North Island named as informed prediction for where Chinese rocket debris will land. Photo / via The Aerospace Corporation North Island named as informed prediction for where Chinese rocket debris will land. Photo / via The Aerospace Corporation NZ Herald Calculations into where a section of an out-of-control rocket will land this weekend have been updated - and New Zealands North Island is...

Out-of-control Chinese rocket is falling back on earth this weekend; which country is in danger? Out-of-control Chinese rocket is falling back on earth this weekend; which country is in danger? A large part of the out-of-control debris from Long March 5B is expected to hit the earths surface on May 8. advertisement The debris from the Chinese rocket might reenter the earth on May 8. HIGHLIGHTS China’s largest rocket, the Long March 5B was launched on April 29. It weighs over 20,000 kg and is ...