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China's First Carrier-Based Early Warning Plane Continues Flight Tests, Report Says © AP Photo / Li Gang Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202102231082160317-chinas-first-carrier-based-early-warning-plane-continues-flight-tests-report-says/ China's first domestically developed fixed-wing early warning aircraft capable of taking off and landing on aircraft carriers recently conducted another successful flight test, state media revealed for the first time on Sunday, and Chinese military experts said they expect the plane to...

SCI-TECH / AIR & SPACE By Global Times reporter tracking China's space programs and cutting-edge science and technology projects. Deng Xiaoci and Fan Anqi Published: Feb 18, 2021 08:13 PM Updated: Feb 18, 2021 11:48 PM Photo: twitter account of NASA's Perseverance Mars RoveFollowing the Hope orbiter from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Tianwen-1 Mars probe from China, US NASA's Perseverance rover is homing in on the Red Planet and is expected to perform a "most precise" landing on Earth's neighbor on Thursday.  Nicknamed "Percy," the US explorer - believed to be NASA's most advance...

PLA Xinjiang Military Command commissions Z-20 helicopter, vows to safeguard western border Cao Siqi Published: Feb 08, 2021 09:34 PM A Z-20 utility helicopter is on display prior to the 5th China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin on October 9, 2019. Photo: Xu Luming/GT The People's Liberation Army (PLA) Xinjiang Military Command has commissioned China's newly developed, plateau-capable utility helicopter, the Z-20. Observers noticed on Monday that the choppers seem to have modified engines that could boost their performance and survivability. The command troops vowed to safeguard China's we...

China tests its missile interception equipment By ZHAO LEI | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-02-06 07:18 Share China conducted a missile test in Shenyang, Liaoning province on Oct 21, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]  China conducted a land-based, midcourse missile interception test on Thursday－the fifth land-based, anti-ballistic missile test the country has publicly announced. The Defense Ministry said in a brief statement late on Thursday that the test had achieved its goals, and the operation was defensive in nature, not targeting any other country. B...

CHINA / SOCIETY By Fan Anqi Published: Feb 04, 2021 06:20 PM The deep space antenna array system at a ground station in Kashi, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Photo: Xi'an Satellite Control Center The China-developed 70-meter diameter reflector antenna, the largest in Asia, completed acceptance checks on Thursday and is ready to be put to use for the country’s first Mars mission, Tianwen-1, which is approaching the Red Planet and is expected to enter its gravity soon.  The antenna, specifically designed for the Mars exploration project, is tasked with receiving ...