China Aims to Complete Military Reform By 2020
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DefenceTalkChina aims to complete military reform and have armed forces capable of informationized warfare by 2020, according to a five-year military development plan published on Thursday. In the next five years, China’s armed forces will realize “a significant increase of key combat capabilities,” said the 13th five-year military development plan (2016-2020), issued by the Central […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-aims-to-complete-military-reform-by-2020-67467/
KJ-500 Improves China’s Overall Military Power
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DefenceTalkChina’s new KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft has received extensive international attention since its appearance. Canada’s Kanwa Intelligence Review published an article saying that KJ-500 was for the first time completely made in China and it will provide effective support for China in dealing with stealth fighters. Military experts said in an […]https://www.defencetalk.com/kj-500-improves-chinas-overall-military-power-66799/
PLA Navy, Air Force’s Improvement Affects US Supremacy Over Western Pacific
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DefenceTalkIn an interview with Russia’s Sputnik news agency, an expert pointed out that as the Navy and Air Force of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) improved, America’s supremacy over the Western Pacific would be affected, according to sputniknews.cn on February 12. China will receive more type-052D guided-missile frigates in 2016. And the Ministry of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pla-navy-air-forces-improvement-affects-us-supremacy-over-western-pacific-66743/
Chinese Military Giving US Troops the Boot in Djibouti
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DefenceTalkThe Chinese military is about to give its American counterpart the boot in the tiny country of Djibouti – the strategically critical entrance from the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea located in the Horn of Africa. The United States is about to lose one of its military installations in the Republic of Djibouti, America’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-military-giving-us-troops-the-boot-in-djibouti-65075/
China Outlines Armed Forces’ Future Strategies
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DefenceTalkChina demonstrates future strategies for modern and multi-functional armed forces in its latest military whitepaper Tuesday. China plans to build its armed forces with enhanced capability to address various security threats and accomplish diversified military tasks, said the report, titled “China’s Military Strategy”, published by the State Council Information Office. China will build an informationized […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-outlines-armed-forces-future-strategies-64304/
China 2015 military drills to focus on ‘winning local wars’
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DefenceTalkChina’s military training this year will focus on “improving fighting capacity” to win “local wars”, the defence ministry said Thursday, with Beijing embroiled in several territorial disputes. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been tasked with improving its ability to “win battles” by President Xi Jinping, its commander-in-chief, who has also pushed a high-profile campaign […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-2015-military-drills-to-focus-on-winning-local-wars-62346/
China defence minister brushes off fears over military growth
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DefenceTalkChina’s defence minister on Friday sought to soothe concerns over the country’s growing armed forces, saying its military modernization is rooted in both past humiliations and a present need to combat threats including terrorism. “The remarkable growth of China’s comprehensive national power, and the continued progress in national defence modernization, have become a focus of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-defence-minister-brushes-off-fears-over-military-growth-61053/
Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development: Chinese and Outside Perspectives
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DefenceTalkThe Burke Chair at CSIS has developed a new analysis of the trends in Chinese military strategy and forces entitled Chinese Military Modernization and Force Development: Chinese and Outside Perspectives. This report provides a comprehensive update of previous Burke Chair studies. The goal behind this report is not to present the authors’ view of the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-military-modernization-and-force-development-chinese-and-outside-perspectives-60028/
Chinese military linked to seven years of hacking US aerospace industry
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DefenceTalkA shadowy hacking group believed to be affiliated with the Chinese military has spent years infiltrating the American aerospace industry and US trading partners in the space industry, a US cybersecurity company said Monday. Officials from CrowdStrike accused the Shanghai-based unit 61486 of the People’s Liberation Army 12th bureau of attacking American and other western […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-military-linked-to-seven-years-of-hacking-us-aerospace-industry-59849/
Chinese military hackers target space industry: study
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DefenceTalkA Chinese military unit has run a hacking campaign that includes sending bogus email in a bid to intercept Western satellite communications and aerospace secrets, a US security firm said. The report by the California-based firm Crowdstrike points to broader hacking by China weeks after the United States for the first time filed charges against […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-military-hackers-target-space-industry-study-59847/