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US intelligence has found that Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s large-scale military purge took place against a backdrop of corruption that has undermined his efforts to modernize the armed forces and cast doubt on China’s ability to wage war. About it wrote Bloomberg with reference to the sources. U.S. officials believe that because of the widespread […]
China has built a full-scale target of the US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford class nuclear aircraft carrier in the Taklamakan Desert. This was reported by The Drive. The target underscores the People’s Liberation Army’s continued focus on expanding and improving its ability to engage U.S. aircraft carriers and other warships at long range. […]
A man from China tried to flee to South Korea on a jet ski. The name of this person has not yet been confirmed, but it is likely to be Kwon Pyong, a well-known critic of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. According to the South Korean Coast Guard, the man traveled more than 300 kilometers across […]
China is considering the possibility of converting old J-6 and J-7 jet fighters into unmanned vehicles. They are Chinese versions of the MiG-19 and -21. J-7 fighters were produced in China in 54 modifications until 2013. A total of about 2,400 of these aircraft were assembled. In 2018, the Chinese army began to put them […]