China Started Mass Production of J-15 Fighters For Its Navy

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J-15 Carrier-Borne Fighter Jet

J-15 Carrier-Borne Fighter Jet

China's New Maritime Surveillance Aircraft Y-8FQ

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 Y-8FQ Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

Iran to Start Mass-Production of New Air Defense System Bavar 373

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The production line of the new system, Herz (Protector) 9, will be inaugurated in a special ceremony attended by the country's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi tomorrow. 

Last Tuesday, the Iranian defense ministry announced that Iran plans to unveil five new defensive achievements in coming days. 

Also, a senior Iranian military commander announced last month that the country would unveil a home-made long-range air-defense missile system similar to the Russian S-300 in the near future. 

"This system, dubbed as Bavar (belief) 373, is being developed in the country and will be officially unveiled soon," Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian Army's Self-Sufficiency Jihad Rear Admiral Farhad Amiri said. 

He noted that Bavar-373 missile defense system has reached the production stage and its subsystems have been already tested. 

Earlier this year, senior military officials announced that Iran was testing the subsystems of Bavar 373 missile defense system. 

Pakistan Starts Building Parts For Turkish Drones ANKA

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Pakistan, which has being working on drone technology and  much of the its past decade has sought to acquire unmanned aerial vehicles (UCAV), a platform used by the US in Pakistan despite numerous protests by the government, has started export of drone parts.

Turkey ANKA UCAV

On Monday, officials at the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), Kamra handed over the first batch of parts created for the Turkish UAV (ANKA) to the Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) in a ceremony held during the International Defence Exhibition and Fair (IDEF) at Istanbul, Turkey.

China Working On a Secret "Space Bomber" Like Boeing X-37

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China is working on a secret "space bomber" to compete with America's Boeing X-37 reusable unmanned spacecraft.

Shenlong Spacecraft

Sources say people who reported UFO sightings on March 13 in the Chinese cities of Chongqing, Kunming, Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha, Zhaoqing and Haikou actually saw a top secret rocket being tested by the government. This coincides with an announcement on the website of China's National Space Science Center the same evening which declared that scientists had successfully conducted a high-altitude scientific exploration test.

Various reports claim that China upped its space program following the successful launch of the US X-37B reusable unmanned spacecraft in December last year. Sources say China has been developing a mysterious space shuttle codenamed "Shenlong," meaning "Divine Dragon" in Chinese, a stealth space bomber that will significantly boost the country's space warfare capabilities.

Chinese military websites began "leaking" alleged photos of the Shenlong project in 2007, with a spacecraft appearing to be suspended from a Xian H-6 strategic bomber. In January 2011, a television station in northwest China's Shaanxi province reported the successful test of an aerosphere vehicle. However, precise details of the Shenlong have remained secret, with most online reports about the project deleted by censors.

Last June, media in central China's Hubei province said that the Shenlong is similar in purpose to the X-37B in that it is an unmanned spacecraft, and claimed that the country's scientists have achieved four major technological breakthroughs on the project in the last two years.

China's PLA Navy Forms 1st Carrier-Borne Aviation Force

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China's First Aircraft Carrier Liaoning

A carrier-borne aviation force has been formally established as part of the PLA Navy, military sources said on Friday.

The forming of the force, approved by the country's Central Military Commission, demonstrates that the development of China's aircraft carriers has entered a new phase, the sources said.

The force comprises carrier-borne fighter jets, jet trainers and ship-borne helicopters that operate anti-submarine, rescue and vigilance tasks.

The sources said the carrier-borne force is vital to the strike force of China's aircraft carrier and a vanguard in transforming its navy. It will also play a key role in developing aircraft carrier groups and building a strong navy.

Wu Shengli, a member of the military commission and commander of the PLA Navy, attended the forming event on Friday.

The sources said the personnel of the force are more elite than the aviation forces within the PLA. To be able to fly fighter jets, the pilots should have flown at least five types of aircraft and their flight time must exceed 1,000 hours.