Chinese research papers on network-centric fighter combat

China building hangar space for 72 fighter jets and larger planes, in Spratlys

China building hangar space for 72 fighter jets, & larger planes, in Spratlys https://t.co/c6vlkJhYoi #SouthChinaSea pic.twitter.com/xDWo0hGG3R

— Greg Poling (@GregPoling) August 9, 2016

China Releases Video Of First-Ever Ballistic Missile Defence System Test

Amid America's move to deploy THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea, China has released footage of its first-ever test of ballistic missile interception system conducted six years ago to flaunt its own expertise in the complex technology.

"The ballistic missile defence system is a critical link in our strategic defence, and is also an important chip in the contest between big powers. It makes a world of difference whether you have it or not," PLA researcher Chen Deming said.

The system itself is one of the keys of China's domestic defence capabilities, Mr Deming was quoted as saying by China Radio International (CRI).

The anti-missile system has undergone more successful tests since 2010, including another test in January 2013, said china-org.cn website which published the photo of the test.

Footage of the original test has been released on the heels of the US and South Korea agreeing to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) anti-missile system before the end of next year.

While the US insists the system is to defend South Korea from possible attacks from North Korea, Chinese officials have condemned its planned deployment, saying it threatens China's security.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned his South Korean counterpart the THAAD deployment also diminishes the level of trust between the two countries.

China deployed 16 J-11BH fighters to Woody Island

The Chinese have now deployed the largest number of fighter jets ever to Woody Island, one of the disputed South China Sea islands that they claim is their territory, a U.S. defense official said Wednesday.

China moved 16 Shenyang J-11 advanced fighter aircraft to Woody Island on April 7, said the defense official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the issue publicly. He said such a large deployment was “unprecedented,” though it’s not the first time China has sent fighter jets to Woody Island, the largest landmass in the Paracel Islands, which are situated in the hotly disputed South China Sea region.

Positioning military aircraft on the island seems to contradict Chinese President Xi Jinping’s vow not to militarize the South China Sea, a statement he made while visiting Washington, D.C. in February.

U.S. officials have said such deployments, alongside the aggressive buildup of manmade islands throughout the South China Sea, threaten stability in the region. They have repeatedly called for China and other countries that claim disputed territory in the South China Sea, a key international shipping route, not to militarize the land in the area.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter is now in the Philippines, where he will visit bases that the United States considers critical to countering Chinese aggression in the region. The bases are about 100 miles east of the contested Spratly Islands, where China has used some 2,000 acres of landfill to bolster once-submerged reefs into islands.

Carter said the United States will invest in and deploy rotational American troops to the Philippines bases.

“It is important for all of the nations – China, the Philippines, Vietnam, others – not to engage in any unilateral steps of reclamation, of building, of militarization,” Secretary of State John Kerry said in February. “The fact is that there have been steps by China, by Vietnam, and by others that have unfortunately created an escalatory cycle.”

Woody Island has been under Chinese control since the 1950s, but it is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. China first built a runway capable of handling various military aircraft, including advanced fighter jets, in the 1990s. It expanded the runway in 2014.

The Pentagon has confirmed smaller-scale deployments of Chinese fighters to Woody Island in the past, including in November 2015 and more recently in February.

New information obtained by Pentagon officials suggests China could be further building up its military on Woody Island.

Satellite photos taken by ImageSat International appear to show a fire control radar system present on Woody Island, which would allow China to use the surface-to-air missile systems it deployed there in February. The imagery shows the surface-to-air missile systems on the east side of the island, with several missiles in firing position.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters in February that China was “deploying necessary, limited defensive facilities on its own territory.”

China delivered six K-8Ws to Venezuela

The Venezuelan Air Force (Aviación Militar Bolivariana de Venezuela) in late February received six Hongdu K-8W jet trainers for its Grupo Aéreo de Operaciones Especiales N 15 based at Maracaibo, IHS Jane's has learned.

The aircraft are to replace three lost in accidents and are part of a batch of nine purchased in 2013, with the other three expected to arrive soon in Venezuela, sources told IHS Jane's on 14 March.

Originally, Venezuela received 18 K-8Ws from January 2010 for N 15 and the Grupo Aéreo de Caza N 12 at Barquisimeto. For Grupo 12 the K-8Ws replaced the Northrop VF-5A Freedom Fighter and for Grupo 15 they replaced the Boeing (Rockwell) OV-10 Bronco, performing advanced training, light attack, and operations against illegal flights.

China's second aircraft carrier to get J-15 jets

China's second aircraft carrier will be larger and will be equipped with J-15 fighter jets, a rear admiral and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference said.

The new aircraft carrier will be larger than aircraft carrier Liaoning, though it will still carry the J-15, China's first-generation multipurpose carrier-borne fighter jet, Yin Zhuo - also a senior researcher with the People's Liberation Army Navy Equipment Research Center - was quoted by news site cnr.cn as saying Sunday.

The Liaoning has a full displacement of more than 50,000 tons, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Yin said the new aircraft carrier will also feature a new design that will allow the vessel to carry more ammunition, aircraft and fuel, greatly improving its self-sufficiency and combat effectiveness at sea.

Yin also revealed that the aircraft on the new carrier will be similar to the Liaoning and will include early warning aircraft, anti-submarine aircraft and health evacuation helicopters, in addition to the J-15 fighters.

The construction of China's second aircraft carrier, the country's first to be independently designed, was announced by Ministry of Defense spokesperson Yang Yujun on December 31, 2015.

SCS China PLA Marines celebrate New Year

Chinese marine corps carries out 5,900 km maneuver in Jan, longest distance in its history

China’s marine corps based in Sanya has carried out its first long-distance maneuver in 2016 since early January.
Combat equipment and thousands of special force soldiers were transported from their bases to a training base in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China by road, air, rail and waterways.
The 5,900-kilometer maneuver is the one with the longest distance and largest time-span in the history of the marine corps.

Chinese Snow Sniper

Bellingcat’s analysis of Chinese military development in Tibet

साउत ब्लॉक विल रीड अबौट तीस टुडे

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2016/01/11/china-bolstered-rotations-at-gonggar/

China has increased the size of rotations at its Lhasa Gonggar airbase located in Tibet, satellite imagery has revealed.

DigitalGlobe space snapshots from November 2014 show eight Chengdu Aircraft Corporation J-10s parked on the operations apron at the Lhasa-based civil-military airport (above image). The airport is located approximately 130 miles from the disputed territory of Arunachal Pradesh. Four additional aircraft joined the apron since March 2014 when a flight of four was visible at the airfield.

A review of historical imagery has shown that China has typically rotated between four and five J-10 or J-11 fighter aircraft since 2010. The Shenyang J-11 are a derivative of the Russian-built SU-27SK Flanker. Imagery from 2009 showed no fighters at the airfield.

While we’ve been waiting on an imagery update to confirm the ongoing deployments of additional flights, we’ve also been taking note of the larger rotations at other border airbases. Last month we posted on developments at the high altitude Hotan airbase that occurred over the last two years. We suspect the enlargement at both airbases could be part of a bigger trend to bolster more forward areas. (Hotan is near the disputed territory of Aksai Chin, currently controlled by China and disputed by India.)

While we wait, we’ve also noted new activity at the surface-to-air missile site less than 2 miles to the east of the airport. An HQ-9 unit was in residence in November 2014, complete with the HT-233 Tiger Paw engagement radar (center) and the YLC-2V long range target acquisition radar (top right corner). It’s currently unknown from where the unit deployed.

But apparently we’re not the only ones who’s been watching the site — even if they didn’t know it. The guys writing over at Indrastra back in September exploited handhelds from Google’s Panoramio, identifying an HQ-12 unit deployed to the same location. Unfortunately, they failed to geolocate the image and misidentified the unit’s location as Shigatse. [1] That airfield is approximately 90 miles West of Gonggar. The handheld’s metadata, still visible at the Panoramio website and confirmed by Exif viewer, suggest the unit was deployed in September 2014.

The HQ-12, also known as the KaiShan-1A, is a truck-mounted derivative of the HQ-2 featuring a dual-mounted rail or box launcher. It distinctly functions in the medium range role. The HQ-9 on the other hand is a four cannister TEL featuring technology from the Russian-produced S-300P and supposedly the U.S. Patriot. It provides air defense at longer ranges. Both are highly mobile, unlike the static HQ-2 which hasn’t been observed at the site since 2010.

Bottom line, satellite imagery continues to highlight improvements in China’s deployed capabilities both qualitatively and quantitatively.

China’s military will soon create a new Space Force within the People’s Liberation Army

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China unveiled three new units to its military

A force to oversee strategic missiles, an army general command and strategic support force

Fruits of Chinese involvement in FAILED state of Somalia

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Chinese embassy security official killed in bomb attack in Somalia

A Chinese security official at the country’s embassy in Somalia was one of 13 people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a truck rigged with explosives into the blast walls around one of Mogadishu’s most secure hotels on the weekend.

The attack on the Jazeera Palace Hotel on Sunday, claimed by an al-Qaeda-linked group, wounded at least another 20 people.

The embassy was based inside the hotel and partially damaged in the blast, foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in a statement.

A People’s Armed Police officer in charge of security was in the embassy when the attack took place, the statement said. He sustained severe injuries and died after he was taken to hospital. Three other members of staff had minor injuries, and the rest were evacuated from the hotel.

It is the first fatal attack on a Chinese diplomatic mission since the bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade by US jets in 1999.

The foreign ministry said China was deeply shocked by Sunday’s attack and strongly condemned it.

The embassy reopened late last year after closing in 1991 amid Somalia’s civil war. The ministry said it would step up security and  work closely with the Somali authorities to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals in the country.The hotel, considered the most secure in the city, houses several embassies and is frequented by diplomats, foreigners and visiting heads of state.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology professor Barry Sautman, who studies Sino-African ties, said: “The hotel was protected by an extensive blast wall and the blast came from the street, yet there were many casualties and extensive damage, allowing al-Shabab to make the point that nowhere and no one is safe from the them.”

Al-Shabab’s military operations spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab  said the blast was a response to “attacks and helicopter bombing against al-Shabab by AMISOM [the African Union Mission in Somalia] and the Somali government”.

Somali forces backed by troops from the African Union recently drove al-Shabab out of its last strongholds in Somalia.

Sautman said that despite the fatal attack, China was unlikely to retreat from Somalia, the first East African country to recognise the People’s Republic and an advocate for its readmission to the United Nations in 1971.

“There is no indication that the attack specifically targeted Chinese diplomatic personnel,” he said.

The embassy would have to continue to work with the local authorities on piracy and the al-Shabab insurgency, and to address the everyday needs of Chinese nationals in the country, he said. Sautman said there  were thousands of Chinese involved in the manufacturing and construction sectors in Somalia.