Below you’ll find the Pentagon’s new strategic guidance for the 21st Century. It’s largely a recap of what we’ve all been told the DoD will need to do in the face of increasing budget pressure and Asia’s rise; keep only programs vital to meeting our new security challenges, cut programs that don’t meet modern security […]
AirSea Battle
U.S. Naval War College professor Andrew Erickson has just come out with another interesting analysis of China’s new aircraft carrier, noting that the ship, equipped with advanced radars and defensive weapons doesn’t sound remotely like a true training carrier. Instead, it will likely serve as the blueprint for a fleet of ships designed to deploy […]
Here’s some J-20 stealth fighter porn to start your short workweek. Enjoy these photo-montages of the the big fighter rolling and banking hard as its test pilots expand the plane’s flight envelope. Meanwhile, take the poll below the jump and tell us what missions you think China’s stealth jet will be used for.
Thought I’d sign off for the day with this image from Google Maps showing the mock up of the aircraft carrier Shi Lang that the PLAN built at the Wuhan Naval Research facility on the shore of Huangjia Lake in China. Zooming in shows a model Su-33 carrier-borne fighter and what looks like some sort of fake helo […]
Here’s some midweek video on China’s version of YouTube showing off the PLAAF’s newest tactical jets. The star of the show is obviously the J-20 stealth fighter. This video cearly shows it performing pre-flight tests of its flight controls, taxiing, taking off and landing. However, as Steve Trimble of The DEW Line points out, the […]
