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America's submarines are stealthy, but China is finding new ways to locate them. How might the game of cat-and-mouse evolve?

It’s difficult to train pilots. Here's What You Need To Remember: It’s possible, Cooper wrote, that the SyAAF overhauled the surviving planes and returned them to regular service. The Syrian air arm has made a concerted effort to upgrade dozens of surviving L-39s, subsequently deploying them for nighttime air raids Between 2013 and 2017 a small number of L-39 light attack jets at a Syrian air force base east of Aleppo changed hands several times. Syrian rebels captured them from the Syrian air force. Then Islamic State militants seized the planes from the rebels. Finally, forces loyal to...

A South China Sea Missile War Would Change Asia Forever China in recent years has occupied several disputed islands in the China Seas, dredged their endangered coral reefs and built atop them sprawling airfields and barracks and installations for cruise missiles and air-defense systems. Here's What You Need To Remember: The DF-26 could be vulnerable to the latest American defenses. The U.S. Navy's SM-6 interceptor missile theoretically is capable of hitting a DF-26 in two phases of its flight -- shortly after launch, as the Chinese missile is climbing and gaining speed, and then again in the...

By-now familiar weapons on display included Wing Loong-II combat drones used extensively in combat in Libya, the Type 15 light tank intended for operations on the Tibetan Plateau, and DF-26 missiles with enough range to strike Guam and guidance systems designed to enable targeting of moving aircraft carriers. But the parade also showcased several advanced new weapons, including several types which so far have no equivalent in service elsewhere on the planet.  Let’s look at six systems in particular that received the red carpet treatment in the recent parade. DF-17 Hypersonic Missiles: The ...

Which is not to say the PLA knows how to use all these new vehicles. Here's What You Need To Remember: These massive numbers doesn't necessarily translate to military strength, though. Many of the older tanks are obsolete against modern American or Russian ones - and there is some evidence that China could not use the newer ones properly if it came to a war. In 2019 both the U.S. and Russian armies introduced new versions of their primary main battle tank, helping to enhance what is widely viewed as the world’s leading armored forces. But China, not the United States or Russia, possesses...