DefenceTalkA free air-combat confrontation drill between an aviation detachment equipped with several fighters assigned by the aviation unit under the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and a troop unit under the PLA Air Force (PLAAF) will be conducted, the first of its kind in the history of aviation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-navy-air-force-to-conduct-free-air-combat-confrontation-drill-60397/

DefenceTalkAt a northern quayside China’s first aircraft carrier dwarfs nearby vessels, its take-off ramp rising higher than the top deck of the cruise ship at the next berth, symbolizing the country’s naval ambitions. Dalian, where the Liaoning was refitted and undergoes regular maintenance, looks out over the Bohai strait, gateway to the Yellow Sea, and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-aircraft-carrier-puts-naval-ambitions-on-show-60271/

DefenceTalkChina for the first time will likely have subs equipped with long-range nuclear missiles later this year, part of an increasingly potent submarine fleet, a top US officer said Tuesday, The head of US Pacific Command, Admiral Samuel Locklear, said the latest class of Chinese subs would be armed with a new ballistic missile with […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-to-have-nuclear-missiles-on-submarines-soon-us-admiral-59140/

DefenceTalkChina’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, left its homeport of Qingdao in east China’s Shandong Province for the South China Sea on Tuesday on a scientific and training mission. This is the first time the carrier has conducted a cross-sea training voyage since it was commissioned into the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy last year, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-aircraft-carrier-leaves-for-sea-trials-49754/

DefenceTalkChina’s nuclear submarine fleet has had a remarkable safety record for more than 40 years and gained rich experience through rigorous training and drills, its fleet commanders said. “We are China’s first nuclear submarine force, and the 42 years since our establishment have witnessed our success in avoiding nuclear accidents,” Rear Admiral Gao Feng, commander […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-nuclear-submarine-fleet-comes-of-age-49511/

DefenceTalkChina’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, returned to its homeport Saturday after a three-month voyage, during which it carried out major and crucial tests. During the voyage that started on June 11, the carrier witnessed more than 100 sorties of landing and takeoff by various aircraft, including the J-15 carrier-borne fighter, the official Liberation Army […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-first-aircraft-carrier-completes-major-sea-trials-49158/

DefenceTalkAt the recent 2013 Four Northeastern Provinces Cooperation Leaders’ Conference held in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, Tan Zuojun, vice governor of Liaoning Province and former general manager of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, revealed that development of China’s fourth-generation nuclear submarines and other high-tech weapons and items of equipment in the Northeastern Provinces of China had been […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-completes-development-of-new-ssn-49153/

DefenceTalkThis week, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert released his Navigation Plan for the Navy for 2014 to 2018 to the fleet. Drawing from the Sailing Directions and the three tenets of Warfighting First, Operate Forward and Be Ready, the Navigation Plan defines the course and speed the Navy will follow to organize, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-releases-navigation-plan-for-2014-2018-48797/

DefenceTalkThis memo stipulates that the DON must virtualize all current servers and server-based systems/applications. The process of virtualization will allow multiple operating systems and applications to be run on a single physical server, thus reducing operational costs and improving flexibility within the existing information technology infrastructure. To achieve operational cost reductions and improve flexibility in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-rolls-out-server-system-and-application-virtualization-plan-48638/

DefenceTalkA Chinese naval fleet was Sunday spotted sailing for the first time through an international strait between northern Japan and Russia’s far east, the Japanese defence ministry said. The two missile destroyers, two frigates and a supply ship passed through the Soya Strait from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk early Sunday, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-naval-fleet-seen-off-northern-japan-48432/