ASIAN DEFENCE

J-20 Black Eagle 3rd Prototype 2003 Emerges

J-15 Flying Shark Toughing Down Liaoning Chinese Aircraft Carrier

Chinese Type 056 Light Corvette

China's investment deals in Europe first surpassed Europe's in China in the first quarter of 2012, with 32 investments from China's mainland and just 26 deals made by European companies in China, according to a PwC report released on Thursday. The report, "China Deals; A fresh perspective," from PwC's emerging markets group, showed there has been a steady rise in the value and volume of mainland Chinese investments in Europe over the last six years despite recent signs of a slowdown in China's economic growth and the continuing uncertainties of the eurozone crisis. Chinese investments in Europe increased from just 11 deals in 2006 to 61 in 2011, while those from Europe to China declined from a peak of 163 deals in 2006 to a low of 85 in 2009, narrowing down the gap between the two sides. Meanwhile, Europe's investment to China has recovered since 2009 as European investors pushed for growth through deals in China's faster growing market. I...

China's expenditure on scientific research and development reached a record high level in 2011, according to official data released Thursday. China's expenditure on R&D totaled 868.7 billion yuan ($139.2 billion) in 2011, up 23 percent year-on-year, according to a joint report published by the National Bureau of Statistics, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Finance. R&D expenditure was the highest in terms of the total amount and also its share in GDP, it said. R&D funds accounted for 1.84 percent of the country's annual gross domestic output (GDP) in 2011, a higher proportion than the 1.76 percent registered in 2010, said the report. Companies and enterprises invested the most on R&D, with 657.93 billion yuan recorded in 2011, up 26.9 percent year-on-year. Government-affiliated research institutes and universities spent 130.67 billion yuan and 68.89 billion yuan, up 10.1 percent and 15.3 percent from a year earlier, respe...

J-20 Stealth Fighter 2nd Prototype 2002 With AESA Radar 

JF-17 With H-4 Stand Off Weapon

China Unicom China Unicom has replaced devices of Cisco Systems, Inc. in one of the country’s most important backbone networks, citing security reasons, the 21st Century Business Herald reported. The replacement project targets “China169” backbone network’s Cisco router in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Analysts indicated that the product vulnerability and back door problems are the main worries of China Unicom. The move came after a congressional report branded Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and ZTE Corp security threats in the United States. China domestic operators began to intensify network security since then, the report said. As the world’s largest maker of networking equipment, Cisco takes high market share in China. It accounts over 70 percent share of China telecom’s 163 backbone network and over 80 percent share of China Unicom’s 169 backbone network. 163 and 169 backbone networks are the most important backbone networks of China, delivering over 80 percent data of the country’s Internet...

PAF Saffron Bandit 2012-13 Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force , Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt on Thursday said that readiness and war preparedness have attained enhanced significance in today’s dynamic and rapidly changing environment. Speaking as a chief guest on the inaugural ceremony of Exercise Saffron Bandit 2012-13 held at an Operational Base of Pakistan Air Force , he said that PAF is, indeed, the most potent element of state defence and as always, has to maintain its posture to thwart any threats to our motherland. “As all of you are aware, that while the traditional threats have not disappeared, new challenges with much uglier faces have surfaced. Therefore, besides evolving new and consolidating the established employment concepts, we have to keep this non-traditional adversary in our sights as well”, he added. While advising the members of participating units at the ceremony, the Air Chief said the Exercise is aimed to enhance the war preparedness o...

A new cyber espionage program associated to the notorious Flame and Gauss malware has been detected by Russia's Kaspersky Lab. The anti-virus giant’s chief warns that global cyber warfare is in “full swing” and will probably accelerate in 2013. The virus, named miniFlame, and as well-known as SPE, has by now infected computers Systems in Iran, Lebanon, France, the United States and Lithuania. It was exposed in July 2012 and is defined as   “a small and highly flexible malicious program designed to steal data and control infected systems during targeted cyber espionage operations,”  Kaspersky Lab said in a statement. The malware was initially identified as an appendage of Flame – the program used for targeted cyber espionage in the Middle East and acknowledged to be part of mutual US-Israeli efforts to damage Iran’s nuclear program. But later, Kaspersky Lab analysts learned that miniFlame is an   “interoperable tool that could be used as an independent maliciou...

J-20 Cockpit J-20 Cockpit

China's WZ-19 Attack Helicopter  China's WZ-19 Attack Helicopter 

China's J-31 Stealth Fighter Jet   China's Sheyang Aircraft Corporation(SAC) one of the leading aircraft  design and manufacturing corporations of China’s aviation industry and  a competitor of Chengdu Aircraft Corporation(CAC) Which is the maker  of china's first low  observable or stealth Fighter J-20 Black Eagle  has Unveils its J-31 or J-21 Stealth Fighter Through leaking the  images of J-21 or J-31 on internet. China's J-31 Stealth Fighter Jet The numerous images of the J-31 or J-21 show that the aircraft is very  different from the large, canard-delta J-20 Black Eagle. The Shenyang  fighter appears to be much smaller than the J-20, with about two- thirds as much installed power. It is a quad-tail design with a  moderately swept clipped-delta wing and large canted vertical tails,  with a similar overall layout to the Lockheed Martin F-22—but more  like the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter ...

Chinese Naval J-15S Aircraft Carrier Fighter Jet

Cui   Yiliang ,  executive   editor   of   the   Modern   Ships   magazine ,  answered   some   questions about   China ' s   first   aircraft   carrier ,  the   Liaoning ,  from   registered   users   of   the   People ' s Daily   Online   on   the   morning   of   Sept . 28. When   asked   about   the   differences   between   the   Liaoning   and   Russia ' s   aircraft   carrier , the   Admiral   Kuznetsov ,  Cui   said   that   the   Liaoning   was   refitted   from   the   Varyag ,  the sister   ship   of   the   Admiral   Kuznetsov .  Both   ships   were   produced   by   the   former   Soviet Union .  The   Admiral   Kuznetsov   was ...

Lawmakers are warning U.S. companies not to do business with two of the world's largest telecommunications equipment makers. The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee released a report Monday after an 11-month investigation about the business practices of Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp, Chinese firms that develop and sell telecom communications equipment like routers, handsets and switches. The report recommends that Huawei and ZTE be excluded from expanding their businesses in the U.S. because of cyber espionage risk and connections to the Chinese government. Committee members said neither Huawei nor ZTE provided ample documents or detailed information to "ameliorate the committee's concerns" about their formal relationships and interaction with Chinese authorities. The investigation determined that Huawei and ZTE present risks to critical U.S. infrastructure that "could undermine core U.S. national-security interests" and therefore th...