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11 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Chris Buckley, Reuters: “China Launches First Aircraft Carrier on Maiden Sea Trial”

Chris Buckley, “China Launches First Aircraft Carrier on Maiden Sea Trial,” Reuters, 10 August 2011.
China launched its first aircraft carrier for a maiden run on Wednesday, a step likely to boost patriotic pride at home and jitters abroad about Beijing’s naval ambitions. …
Retired Chinese navy Rear Admiral Yin Zhuo told state-run television that his country [...]

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11 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Tania Branigan & Jason Burke, The Guardian: “China’s First Aircraft Carrier Launches with Pride Amid Regional Tensions”

Tania Branigan and Jason Burke, “China’s First Aircraft Carrier Launches with Pride Amid Regional Tensions,” The Guardian, 10 August 2011.
China’s first aircraft carrier has embarked on sea trials, in a potent demonstration of the growing naval power that is creating pride at home – and concern elsewhere in the region.
While China says it will only [...]

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11 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Kathrin Hille, Financial Times: “China’s First Aircraft Carrier Takes to Sea”

Kathrin Hille, “China’s First Aircraft Carrier Takes to Sea,” Financial Times, 10 August 2011.
China has sent its first aircraft carrier to sea in a sign of the country’s burgeoning naval power.
The defence ministry said the Varyag, which the People’s Liberation Army purchased as an unfinished hull from Ukraine in 1998, started its first sea trial [...]

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11 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Xinhua/Global Times: “China’s Carrier Sails into New Era”

“China’s Carrier Sails into New Era,” Xinhua, 11 August 2011.
The maiden voyage had long been expected. Preparations for the trial were visible from many points around Dalian and had been regularly photographed and documented online by military enthusiasts.
China officially acknowledged the refurbishing project of the aircraft carrier only last month, saying the vessel will be [...]

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11 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Bradley Perrett and Chris Buckley in Aviation Week: “China Begins Carrier Sea Trials, But Has Far To Go”

Bradley Perrett and Chris Buckley, “China Begins Carrier Sea Trials, But Has Far To Go,” Aviation Week, 10 August 2011.
China has joined the aircraft carrier club, with the ex-Soviet ship Varyag beginning its sea trials Aug. 10.
The long-awaited debut of the vessel marks a step forward in China’s long-term plan to build a carrier force [...]

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11 August 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Austin Ramzy, Time–“Troubled Waters: Why China’s Navy Makes Asia Nervous”

Austin Ramzy, “Troubled Waters: Why China’s Navy Makes Asia Nervous,” Time, 11 August 2011.
The last time the aircraft carrier once known as the Varyag generated this much concern, it was for fear it might sink. The ship was one of the Soviet Union’s last naval commissions, but construction at the Black Sea shipyard of Mykolaiv [...]

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Jeremy Page, Wall Street Journal: “China Flexes Naval Muscle”

Jeremy Page, “China Flexes Naval Muscle,” Wall Street Journal, 11 August 2011.
China sent its first aircraft carrier to sea, a defining moment in its effort to become a top-tier naval power that seeks to challenge U.S. military supremacy in Asia and protect Chinese economic interests that now span the globe.
The carrier, based on an empty [...]

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27 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

China SignPost™ (洞察中国) #14 Cited in Craig Guthrie, Asia Times, “US in ‘Denial’ over China’s Pacific Strategy”

Craig Guthrie, “US in ‘Denial’ over China’s Pacific Strategy,” Asia Times, 28 July 2011.
HUA HIN, Thailand – Reports that China is close to achieving the same spy satellite capabilities as the United States and making advances in its drone and missile technologies are feeding into US theories that Beijing is pursuing a multi-faceted strategy to [...]

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20 July 2011 ~ 1 Comment

China Defense Industry Faces Homemade Engine Troubles

Robert Karniol, “China Defense Industry Faces Homemade Engine Troubles,” China Post, 20 July 2011.
SINGAPORE — …China’s defense industry can … design, develop and produce propulsion systems for relatively simple military platforms — certain transport aircraft, patrol boats, some types of main battle tanks and armored personnel carriers. But high-performance combat aircraft, destroyers and similarly demanding [...]

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17 July 2011 ~ 0 Comments

J. Michael Cole, Taipei Times: “Official Confirms ‘Carrier Killer’ is Being Developed”

J. Michael Cole, “Official Confirms ‘Carrier Killer’ is Being Developed,” Taipei Times, 14 July 2011.
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Chief of General Staff Chen Bingde (陳炳德) confirmed earlier this week that China was developing the Dong Feng 21D anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM), the first Chinese official to publicly state that the missile is in development. …
Although [...]

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