Pentagon paints grim picture of Taiwan air defense – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Taiwan, China Picture, China Taiwan, Combat Aircraft, Defense Capabilities, Paints, Pentagon, Pentagon Picture, Rival China, S 400, Washingtonpost

The Pentagon has painted a grim picture of Taiwan’s air defense capabilities, saying that many of the island’s 400 combat aircraft would not be available to help withstand an attack from rival China.
Pentagon paints grim picture of Taiwan air defense – washingtonpost.com

Australia Will Build Up Its Forces as China Rises

Posted by Matt in May 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Australia, Military, 1980s, Aspiration, Australia, Australian Air Force, Balance Of Power, China Rises, Combat Aircraft, Face, Fleet, Formal Government, Government Policy, Hornets, Lightning, Lockheed Martin, Missiles, Royal Australian Air Force, Stealthy Fighters, Strike Force, warships

Australia will powerfully strengthen and reorient its defense forces in the face of a rising China that it expects to wield an increasingly long reach.
Assessing risks in the changing Asian balance of power out to 2030, a defense white paper sets out plans for land-attack missiles as a strategic strike force based on a fleet [...]

Analysis: Threatening Taiwan — Part 2

Posted by Matt in July 25th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Taiwan, Circumstance, Combat Aircraft, Ddg, Military Development, Military Strategists, New President, Republic Of China, submarines, Surface Warships, Taiwan, United States

In the area of advanced multirole fighters alone, the People’s Republic of China imported 100 Su-30MKK/MK2s over the past eight years, whereas Taiwan did not purchase any new combat aircraft. Nor did it procure any surface warships or submarines, except for one retired Keelung Class DDG from the United States. Taiwan virtually wasted the [...]

Outside View: China’s weapons — Part 2

Posted by Matt in June 24th, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Aggregates, Airlift Force, China Industry, Combat Aircraft, Fuel Consumption, Gap, Investments, Military Transport Aircraft, Russian Counterparts, weapons

China’s industry is not developed enough to produce modern aircraft independently. It cannot manufacture a number of important aggregates at the level of the leading aircraft-building powers.
Thus, China’s engines for combat aircraft are still below their Western and Russian counterparts in economic fuel consumption and overhaul period. In order to close the gap, China will [...]

China’s weapons — Part 1

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in China, Military, 1950s, Air Force, Airlift Force, Armed Forces, Army Air, Artillery, China Air, Combat Aircraft, Decades, Military Aircraft, Military Hardware, Military Spending, Military Transport Aircraft, Modern China, Soviet War, Successes, War Planes, weapons

Despite successes in the last few decades, China’s armed forces are still rather backward, which is another incentive for increasing military spending. Its ground forces are relatively numerous, but it does not have enough modern military hardware; its army air defense system is weak, and its artillery is insufficiently mobile. The same is true of [...]