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BEIJING, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- China conducted a test flight of its new stealth fighter Tuesday while U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was visiting the country, a military observer said.
HONG KONG, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- North Korea's Kim Jong Il has built a military command center in a hollowed-out mountain beneath a palace near the Chinese border, military analysts say.
HONG KONG, June 12 (UPI) -- Russian officials complain that the Chinese have not been understanding and accommodating in their negotiations with the Kremlin over the long-stalled Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft deal.
HONG KONG, June 12 (UPI) -- The critical problem that is perplexing China-Russia military cooperation right now is the Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft deal.
HONG KONG, June 6 (UPI) -- Satellite photos of the Leping Ballistic Missile Base in China's southeastern province of Jiangxi show this is a key site for the deployment of the People's Liberation Army Air Force's DF-15A campaign tactical missiles. The direct distance from the base to Taiwan is 435 miles.
HONG KONG, May 29 (UPI) -- The No. 1 Division in north China is among the first bases to receive a complement of J-10 fighters. This division obviously has been given priority attention; it was the first to receive indigenous J-11 and J-11B fighters, and the third air force division to receive Su-27SK/J-11 fighters earlier.
HONG KONG, May 29 (UPI) -- Front-line combat units of China's People's Liberation Army air force will have at least 112 J-10 fighter jets by the end of the year, an analysis of current deployments and in-progress production reveals.
HONG KONG, May 16 (UPI) -- China's air force has substantially reinforced its air defense posture in Jiangxi province in the past year. There are indications that China has completed its second-line air defense operational deployment against Taiwan centered on Fujian and Jiangxi provinces. This has greatly expanded the depth of China's air defense coverage.
HONG KONG, May 9 (UPI) -- Over the past 20 years, China's military investment has grown faster than any other country. The bamboo curtain that formerly enveloped the country has become a copper curtain.
HONG KONG, May 2 (UPI) -- Russia will deliver to China four battalions of 200-kilometer-range S-300PMU2 surface-to-air missiles this summer, the last batch in a series ordered by China. The first batch of four battalions of the same missiles was delivered in July 2007.
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