JF-17 fighter jet gets J-20’s combat missile: reports
Liu Xuanzun Published: Apr 29, 2021 06:19 PM
A JF-17 fighter jet attached to the Pakistan Air Force flies towards the designated airspace during an air-to-ground offensive operation drill conducted by two Chinese JH-7 fighter bombers and two Pakistani JF-17 fighter jets on Sept. 20, 2017, which is part of the Shaheen VI joint training exercise launched by the air forces of China and Pakistan on Sept. 8 and scheduled to conclude on Sept. 27, 2017. Photo: eng.chinamil.com.cn
The latest, upgraded version of the JF-17 fighter jet has recently been spotted equipped with China s most advanced air-to-air combat missile that is also used by China s J-20 stealth aircraft, with military observers saying on Thursday that the weapon will give the China-Pakistan jointly developed light fighter the upper hand against its counterparts in dogfights and make it one of the world s best in its class.
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By Ma Jingjing Published: Apr 07, 2021 07:28 PM
A Mars probe is launched on a Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China s Hainan Province, July 23, 2020.(Photo: Xinhua)
East China s Zhejiang Province plans to build an international spacecraft launch center in five years with total investment of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion) that will carry out 100 missions per year.
However, industry experts on Wednesday called for prudence in approving the project, citing difficulties in hiring experienced launch teams, and uncertain outlook of future launch market.
According to a draft proposal for Zhejiang s key infrastructure projects for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) posted on the provincial government website, the province will construct a space launch center in Xiangshan county, Ningbo. The facility will cover 67 square kilometers, including a launch site of 35 square kilometers and support facilities of 32 square kilometers.
Or will it just be an upgrade of an existing stealth aircraft?
The Shenyang Aircraft company, which manufactures China’s most advanced warplanes, recently announced plans to develop a new fourth-generation fighter (in Chinese nomenclature, “fourth generation” is equivalent to Western “fifth-generation” aircraft such as the F-22 and F-35 stealth fighters).
“The company aims to make breakthroughs in its fourth-generation fighter jet program by boosting related technologies, including additive manufacturing, control over surface electromagnetic defects, and automated fiber placement, so that the aircraft can be successfully developed,” noted China’s Global Times news site.
“The company announced that it is also exploring next-generation aircraft including research on technologies like thermal adaptation and integration of structure and function,” Global Times said. “A technological system for the next-generation aircraft will be gradually formed as the company c
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The PLA will soon be able to airlift full-scale Chinese Main Battle Tanks.
Here s What You Need to Remember: An ability to transport a Type T99 main battle tank would be massively significant to any kind of ground war effort, especially since the U.S. Army M1Abrams tanks need to deploy overseas by boat. Air deployment of a massive tank exponentially decreases deployment attack timelines and would enable a heavy mechanized force to strike on a vastly different timetable.
The People’s Liberation Army will soon be able to airlift full-scale Chinese Main Battle Tanks on board an upgraded Y-20 cargo plane, now being outfitted with a first-of-its-kind domestically built engine.