China News Stories
Airborne early warning and control
Space station by 2022 for China military’s integrated space-air capabilities
In my book Space Era Strategy: The Way China Beats The U.S., I point out that China’s ambitious space program is carried out by its military while the U.S. space program is managed by an agency independent from its military. I list in my book that China has surpassed, and is surpassing, the US in … Continue reading
China’s aircraft carrier has fatal weakness – vulnerable if too far away from China
The following is translated from Chinese media: China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, is said to have obtained initial operational capability after its recent test of intensive taking off and landing of J-15 carrier-based aircraft. However, it has its fatal weakness: the lack of a fixed-wing airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, as it … Continue reading
China’s AEW&C KJ-3000 air-to-surface combat aircraft
CRI Online, a key news website of China’s Central authority run by China Radio International, says in its report titled “Chinese military expert: Improved version of KJ-2000 specialised in directing air-to-surface combat,” The new type of airborne early warning & control aircraft (AEW&C) disclosed this time is called by military fans the ‘KJ-3000’. Military experts … Continue reading
