Tag: Varyag
Liaoning Commissioned into Chinese Navy Service
China's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning" was commissioned to China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) on September 25, 2012 – fourteen years after the hull ‘Varyag’ was recovered from the naval scrapyard in the Ukraine
Asia Pacific Defense Update – december 5, 2011
Norwegian Vingtags II Optronic Systems for Malaysian AV8s | Singapore Navy Commissions The First Archer Submarine | Australian Aerospace Delivers Final Tiger To Australian Defense Force | China Pledges to Increase Military Assistance to Seychelles | Sri-Lanka, Indonesia Order More Bell-412 Helicopters | China's Aircraft Carrier Begins Second Sea Trial | Lockheed Martin UK offers Vigilance AEW system to Malaysia | Eurocopter Delivers Six EC145s to Kazakhstan | Indonesia to Spend over 1.5 Billion Shopping for Surplus Weapons | Second Air Surveillance radar Deployed in Eastern Indonesia
China’s J-15 New Carrier Based Fighter Get Ready for More Test...
China is moving forward in completing the refurbishment of Shi Lang, the first aircraft carrier for its navy, and has recently unveiled (unofficially) the fighter planes to be operating on board, the J-15.
Chinese Carrier Undergoing Final Completion at Dalian
According to a US Congressional Research, the ex-Soviet carrier is expected to become operational in two years as a training carrier supporting the first...
2011 Flashpoints: Asia – ‘String Of Pearls’ Is Securing China’s Sea...
2nd Article in the 2011 Flashpoint - Asia Series | A major player in the Asian scene is the Peoples Republic of China. This rising...