Venezuela and Iran Did Not Test the PLA’s Air Defence. They Tested the Export Catalogue
PLA HQ-9 launcher on parade — the domestic family name Western columns collapse with JY-27A radars and HQ-9B export batteries ...
Type 055 Is a Destroyer in Shanghai and a Cruiser in Norfolk. That Is Not a Cover Story
Type 055 hull 106 underway. PLAN designation: 10,000-tonne-class destroyer. NATO/ONI file the same design as a Renhai-class cruiser. (File photo) ...
FK-2000 in Ashgabat: The Last-Mile Truck in a Chinese Air-Defence Stack
Ashgabat — Eight FK-2000 vehicles rolled through Turkmenistan’s Independence Day parade on 27 September 2026, the first time the type ...
Type 100: Crew in the Hull, Gun in the Turret — Norinco’s Second Tank Line
Baotou / parade square — The Type 100 that appeared on 3 September 2025 puts three crew in a hull ...
Type 99B: From the Parade Square to a 1,200-Meter Live Round
As of 18 September 2026. Northern training area — On 16 September 2026, CCTV News broadcast live-fire footage of the ...
The 48th Escort Group: Why the Oiler Matters More Than the Port Calls
As of 17 September 2026. Gulf of Aden / Bay of Bengal — On 14 September 2026 the Ministry of ...
Type 054B: Why the Next Hull Appears to Carry 50 Percent More VLS Cells
PLAN Type 054B frigate Luohe (545) underway. The first two ships of the class were completed with a 32-cell bow ...
H-6N and the JL-1: How China Fielded an Airborne Nuclear Leg Without a New Bomber
Xi’an / Pacific approaches — In August 2026, a CCTV documentary marking the PLA’s 99th anniversary showed an H-6N bomber ...
The J-20’s Real 2026 Test Is the WS-15 Production Line
Chengdu — The J-20 is no longer waiting for its intended engine. Through 2025 and into 2026, yellow-primer J-20A airframes ...
Uzbekistan’s J-10CE: Chengdu’s Second Export Customer and What It Changes
Uzbekistan Demonstrated Chinese J-10CE Fighter Jets During Its Independence Day Celebrations Tashkent / Chengdu — In late August 2026, Uzbekistan ...
China’s Egypt Deployment: The YY-20, the Rafale and a Systems-Export Pitch
El Alamein / Cairo — In late August and early September 2026, the PLA Air Force did two things in ...
Type 076 Sichuan: Why China Put an EMALS Catapult on an Amphibious Ship
Shanghai / Yellow Sea — China’s Type 076 amphibious assault ship Sichuan is being built around a problem that conventional ...