Don't Believe everything you read on the Internet

MOSCOW. Jan 24 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian arms export agency
Rosoboronexport has not received and has not considered any proposals
from China on buying Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, Rosoboronexport
spokesman Vyacheslav Davidenko told Interfax-AVN on Thursday."No
negotiations on this issue have been held or are being held," Davidenko
said in commenting on media reports referring to Chinese

Background information of mid-course interception missile

Background information of mid-course interception missile Xinhua/Globaltimes.cn | January 28, 2013 18:35 The
mid-course interception missile is actually comprised of a large
booster rocket and interception warhead. The booster is like a carrier
rocket, which sends the warhead into the atmosphere while the warhead of
the mid-course interceptor is the equivalent of a “small missile”. This
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China carried out a GMD Test again

No, GMD is not Guomindang in this context but rather for Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, ie, defense against ballistic missiles such as ICBM.

A video of the test is here (here)and in youtube.




China carries out land-based mid-course missile interception test
Xinhua | January 27, 2013 23:38
By Agencies   


 www.globaltimes.cn/NEWS/tabid/99/ID/758501/

A high resolution photo of Y-20

China's first heavy transporter Y-20 takes off（CRI Online）  09:11, January 27, 2013 


http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90786/8109275.html


China began test flights Saturday for the prototype of its first indigenously-developed heavy transport aircraft, Y-20, a craft similar in size to the Russian IL-76 and somewhat smaller than the U.S. C-17.The plane took off at around 2:00pm from an

Y-20 "angry bird" heavy transport flies

today in Xian.














I am rather surprised how it is perceived by the media.  This new heavy transport was a headline CCTV news in China back in 2009.  In fact, the project is two years behind schedule

My blog entry back in 2009

http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2009/11/long-waited-chinese-heavy-military.html



Thursday, November 05, 2009


The long waited Chinese heavy military

Exporting Type54 FFG.

The list of Type54's potential customers keep growing, first Pakistan, then Bangladesh, (Algeria?)  now Thailand.


Bangkok to talk frigate purchase with Beijing

The government has
formed a committee to negotiate with a Chinese team on purchase of
three frigates to enhance Thai’s naval strength in the resourceful Gulf
of Thailand, officials said. Both the sides will work out details of the

Slow new "air-launched , supersonic, anti-ship missile" news day. How about some PLAAF PR photos?