Images of its the Long MarchIIF Rocket Takesoff with ShenZhou8 Capsule from the launching pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in north central China.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Long MarchIIF Rocket Ready For Takeoff with ShenZhou8 Capsule
Long MarchIIF Rocket Ready For Takeoff with ShenZhou8 Capsule at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in north central China.
Long MarchIIF Rocket Takesoff with ShenZhou8 Capsule
Chinese Long March II F rocket with four liquid-fueled strap-on boosters was ignited at 5:58 p.m. GMT-4 and it quickly climbed away from its launching pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in north central China.
A Chinese Long March-2F rocket successfully boosted an unmanned Shenzhou capsule into orbit today for an automated rendezvous and docking with a prototype space station module, a key milestone in China's drive to build an operational station later this decade.
Chinese Type 041 Qing Class Submarine
Chinese Type 041 Qing Class Submarine was launched at Wuhan Shipyard last year. It is rumored that Type 041 Qing Class Submarines are fitted with flank sonar arrays and improved targeting system to effectively provide guidance to the long-range antiship missiles and land attack cruise missiles.
Qing Class Submarine features hull mounted retractable foreplanes and very large hydrodynamically streamlined sail.
Type 041 Qing Class submarines may also be able to house vertical launch tubes in its sail section to launch cruise missiles.
Submarine's submerged displacement is around 4,200t.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Chinese Naval Special Operations Forces onboard Type 054 Frigate
Operators of the People's Liberation Army's Naval Special Operations Forces onboard Type 04A frigate in the Gulf of Aden to protect Chinese vessels from pirate attacks.
Chinese Navy has recently sent its Type 054A frigate (529) Zhoushan for escort mission off Somali coast. Zhoushan was commissioned on January 3, 2008.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
SPM-2 GAZ-233036 'Chinese Tiger' Multipurpose Military Vehicle
Chinese 'YanJing' automobile firm is producing SPM-2 GAZ-233036 'Tiger' 'Russian high-mobility multipurpose vehicle under license from Russia.
SPM-2 GAZ-233036 "Tigr" is powered by a turbocharged diesel engine and can achieve top speed of 90 kilometers per hour over rough terrain and up to 150 kilometers per hours on the road.
BeiJing YanJing is facing a tough competition from the DongFeng's "MengShi" military jeep and BeiJing Jeep's "Warrior" military jeep. So far, SPM-2 GAZ-233036 'Chinese Tiger' jeeps has only been sold to the BeiJing police, XinJiang armed police and PLA XinJiang military region.
Chinese CH-3 Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
Rainbow -3 (CH-3) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was developed to perform reconnaissance and precision strike missions. CH-3 combact drone can cruise at speed of 220 km/h and has an endurance of 12 hours.
It can carry upto two AR-1 air to surface missiles or FT-5 Small Diameter Bomb which are fitted with semi-active laser (SAL) seeker for terminal guidance.
CH-3 drone has maximum take-off weight of 640 kg and its maximum range is 2400 kilometers.
Video of Pterodactyl Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
Pterodactyl Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
Pterodactyl Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle can carry two KD-10 (K/AKD10 or HJ-10)air to surface missiles, one under its each wing.
Detailed Information of Chinese Pterodactyl Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
Chinese JH-7 Flying Leopard Fighter-Bomber with Rocket Pod
Chinese JH-7 Flying Leopard Fighter-Bomber carrying unguided rocket pods.
Chinese JH-7 Flying Leopard Fighter-Bomber using unguided bombs.
JH-7 has ferry range 3,700km and its service ceiling is 16,000m.
JH-7 Flying Leopard Fighter-Bomber has a maximum speed of 1,800 kilometers per hour.
Aircraft has maximum take-off weight is 28,475kg.
Chinese JH-7 Flying Leopard Fighter-Bomber is powered by the WS-9 Qinling turbofan engine which is the licensed copy of the Spey Mk202 engine.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Chinese PGZ-07 Twin 35mm Tracked SPAAG
Chinese PGZ-07 uses 35 mm twin anti-aircraft guns. PGZ-07 35mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG)
PGZ-07 35mm tracked SPAAG is equipped with a search radar at the rear of the turret and a tracking radar to accurately guide its guns.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
PLA Navy's Hospital Ship "Peace Ark" Arrives in Cuba
People's Liberation Army Navy Hospital Ship "Peace Ark" has made its first stop in the Havana Bay in Cuba during its 4 nation goodwill visit to the Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Costa Rica.