DefenceTalkChina is upgrading its Western Theater Command in order to confront any threat from India, a Chinese military specialist said after photographs of a J-10 jet flying over the high-altitude plateau in western China were released by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) during the Spring Festival holiday. The pictures posted on the English version of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-upgrades-airspace-defense-in-west-to-counter-threat-from-india-71495/

DefenceTalkThe People’s Republic of China has yet again pushed forth their militarisation of the South China Sea despite much objection from the United States and the countries involved, this time by sending fighter jets to a lengthened airfield on the contested Woody Island. This development comes amid rising tensions after China set up eight HQ-9 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-sends-combat-aircraft-to-paracels-66827/

DefenceTalkChina has stationed fighter jets on Woody Island in the South China Sea, US officials have said. The news come days after Beijing installed surface-to-air missiles on the same disputed island. Citing two unnamed US officials, Fox News reported Tuesday that US intelligence services had spotted Chinese Shenyang J-11 and Xian JH-7 warplanes on Woody […]https://www.defencetalk.com/beijing-deploys-fighter-jets-in-south-china-sea-66834/

DefenceTalkThe PLA Air Force J-11B fighters have been equipped with China-made engines, according to Yang Dechun, a pilot assigned to a division under the PLA Air Force. The PLA Air Force held an aviation open-day activity in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province, on September 10, 2015, during which a J-11B fighter of the PLA Air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-air-forces-j-11b-fighter-equipped-with-china-made-engines-65442/