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MILITARYSep 29Can China’s new satellite coordination standards boost PLA targeting and resilience?Chinese researchers are drafting standards for autonomous satellite coordination and data sharing in a move analysts say could speed up military targeting and make People’s Liberation Army satellite networks more resilient. An expert panel convened by the Chinese Institute of Command and Control (CICC) in Beijing on September 21 approved work on 10 proposed voluntary standards, clearing the way for draft texts to be released for consultation. In an account of the meeting published last Thursday,...South China Morning Post
MILITARYSep 28China deploys advanced WZ-7 drone for first time near Scarborough ShoalBeijing deployed its advanced WZ-7 high-altitude reconnaissance drone in the South China Sea for the first time during drills near the disputed Scarborough Shoal on Sunday. The People’s Liberation Army’s Southern Theatre Command announced on Sunday that it had conducted joint air and naval exercises in the waters and airspace around the shoal earlier in the day. In recent years, Scarborough Shoal – known as Huangyan Island in China and Panatag Shoal in the Philippines – has been a major...South China Morning Post
MILITARYSep 27Keep out: why Greenland is the US military’s new eyes in the Arctic on ChinaWashington’s proposed military bases and expanded defence presence in Greenland will be akin to a “keep out” sign against potential Arctic military cooperation between Beijing and Moscow, according to analysts. The US, Denmark and Greenland signed a defence deal on Tuesday that allows Washington to build two new military bases on the world’s largest island, while reaffirming Denmark’s sovereignty over it. The deal – which updates and amends a 1951 defence agreement between Denmark and the US –...South China Morning Post
MILITARYSep 27Xi Military Purge Creates Challenge for Rebuilding China Command StructureA military purge led by Xi is posing difficulties for the reconstruction of China's command structure. This event could have implications for China's military stability and future operations.theepochtimes.com · United States
MILITARYSep 26Beijing says US, China to pursue military crisis-communication pactChina and the United States have agreed to pursue a new military crisis-communication pact following the summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, according to Beijing, potentially giving commanders another mechanism for managing dangerous encounters across the Indo-Pacific. China’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that the two militaries had agreed to conclude a memorandum of understanding on “crisis communication and prevention” as soon as possible. The two militaries already have...South China Morning Post
MILITARYSep 25How China is rethinking tank survival against FPVs and top-attack threatsThe drone age did not end armored warfare. It rewrote the terms of survival, and Chinese military analysts are paying attention.Breaking Defense
MILITARYSep 25China military purge raises war readiness questionsA military purge in China has raised questions regarding its war readiness. This suggests internal instability within a major military force with potential strategic implications.britainnews.net · United Kingdom
MILITARYSep 24New Evidence China Is Building A Massive Mothership For Drone SubmarinesThe War Zone
MILITARYSep 24F-35 Canopy And Weapons-Bay Door Loss To China: Separating Fact From FictionThe War Zone
MILITARYSep 24Parts of key U.S. military equipment may be in China's handsChina may have its hands on some parts of the most powerful American fighter jets. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.CBS News
MILITARYSep 24Key F-35 missing fighter jet parts may be in China's handsCBS News
MILITARYSep 24Taiwan upgrades maritime patrol capacity for vulnerable South China Sea outpostTaiwan is upgrading its maritime patrol capabilities for a vulnerable outpost in the South China Sea. This action aims to enhance defense and security in a strategically important and contested region.bdnews24.com · Bangladesh
MILITARYSep 24China holding sensitive F - 35 jet parts diverted to Hong Kong after leaving Australiawatoday.com.au · Australia
MILITARYSep 24‘The Dragon’ defined: How three capitals reimagined ChinaFew things better illustrate how charged the American debate over China has become than the reaction to Jennifer Kavanagh’s recent proposal for a radically different U.S. military posture in Asia. Kavanagh, a senior fellow at Defense Priorities, has argued that Washington should pull most of its forces back from the “first island chain,” which includes Taiwan and the Philippines, toward the more defensible “second island chain,” while narrowing its defense commitments to regional allies and eschewing any commitment to defend Taiwan. The proposal prompted a sharp backlash from analysts and commResponsible Statecraft
MILITARYSep 24Pentagon investigates after China obtains parts from F - 35 stealth fighter jetwsls.com · United States
MILITARYSep 24Pentagon investigates after China obtains F - 35 partswgauradio.com · United States
MILITARYSep 23China’s Recent J-36 Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet Testing Offers New Insights Into Its Evolving DesignRecent video footage of the J-36 undergoing flight testing shows continued refinement of its design and new features. The post China’s Recent J-36 Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet Testing Offers New Insights Into Its Evolving Design appeared first on TWZ.The War Zone
MILITARYSep 23Air Force, civilian staff dispute status of China Aerospace Studies InstituteCASI's director said the move will effectively end the institute, even as the service says CASI’s mission will continue.Defense News
MILITARYSep 23Air Force, civilian staff dispute status of China Aerospace Studies InstituteCASI's director said the move will effectively end the institute, even as the service says CASI’s mission will continue.Military Times
MILITARYSep 23China launches its first commercial radio-tracking satellites in electronic warfare leapChina has just taken a quiet but critical step in space-based electronic warfare. A Lijian-1 Y18 rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northern China at noon on Sunday, carrying nine satellites. Among them were three Diting-01 satellites, which successfully entered their planned orbit. The trio is named after Diting, a beast from Chinese mythology that crouches beneath the desk of Ksitigarbha, the bodhisattva of the underworld, and can identify all things simply by...South China Morning Post
MILITARYSep 22Air Force says China Aerospace Studies Institute will continue, despite civilian cutsThe China Aerospace Studies Institute will carry on by “leveraging assigned military service members to accomplish its objectives,” according to an Air Force spokesperson.Breaking Defense
MILITARYSep 22How are China’s Type 052D destroyers shifting the balance in the western Pacific?When state television aired footage in July of a Type 052D destroyer launching a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile it signalled a significant expansion of the Chinese navy’s long-range strike power. The missile had previously been associated with China’s larger Type 055 destroyers. Showing it fired from a Type 052D – a class the People’s Liberation Army has built in far greater numbers – suggests Beijing may be able to spread the weapon well beyond its much smaller force of Type 055s. That...South China Morning Post
MILITARYSep 21China wiretapped Red Sea with spy hub 6 miles from US base : ex Pentagon official warnswfmd.com · United States
MILITARYSep 21China ‘wiretapped Red Sea’ with spy hub 6 miles from US base: ex Pentagon official warnsChina's upgraded base near Camp Lemonnier features new antennas and signals intelligence assets turning the Red Sea into a surveillance hub.Fox News World