Category Archives: China Rising

Posted on June 18, 2012 by aviationintel.com

X-37B RETURNS HOME AFTER 469 DAYS IN ORBIT: SO WHAT WAS IT DOING UP THERE FOR OVER A YEAR?

After a ton of emails requesting a post on this topic and subsequent deep analysis featuring large applications of deductive reasoning and a splash of creativity I have come up with absolutely no definitive answer as what the X-37B has … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 29, 2012 by aviationintel.com

NAVY SUPER HORNETS & F-35C ARE NO MATCH FOR “FORTRESS CHINA”: BRING ON THE X-47B UCAV!

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-super-hornet-faces-emerging-anti-access-challenges-372393/ As I have been pounding away at for years now, the Super Hornet fleet is not survivable if a war were to break out with China or a bad actor who possess a modern integrated air defense system. Further, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 25, 2012 by aviationintel.com

GEIGER FURY 2012: MARINE AIR GROUP 12 TRAINS FOR EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE IN THE PACIFIC

Exercise Geiger Fury is well underway at Anderson AFB, Guam and on the sleepy island of Tinian. Tinian lies just south of Saipan, and is about 100 miles to the north of Guam. Both Saipan and Tinian are part of … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 22, 2012 by aviationintel.com

OUTRAGEOUS!: DoD STILL BUYING IMPOSTER COMPUTER CHIPS FROM CHINA

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/china-made-counterfeit-parts-found-in-us-military-aircraft-senate-372155/ Somehow, against every ounce of logic imaginable, America continues to purchase counterfeit microchips from China. After being bombard for years with everything from “60 Minutes” features to the never-ending articles about this subject, I think it is time that … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 20, 2012 by aviationintel.com

NEWS ROUNDUP!: May 20th, 2012

HOUSE APPROVES SALE ON NEW F-16s TO TAIWAN I have talked about this issue at great length and I am very happy to see the House Of Representatives vote for the sale of 66 late block F-16s to Taiwan. It … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 14, 2012 by aviationintel.com

SECOND J-20 PROTOTYPE SHOWS SIGNS OF MATURITY

Alert5.com posted a nice comparison of the two aircraft. It’s a bit of a “Where’s Waldo” type of exercise but if you look closely you can see some slight changes between the two prototypes, and thanks goodness they finally got … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on May 8, 2012 by aviationintel.com

FUNKY VIDEO THAT SHOWCASES THE FINE DETAILS OF CHINA’S J-20

The soundtrack and the editing are a little cheesy but the montage of detail shots is useful. Of particular note, the J-20 is a beast of a jet, just look at the shot of the guy standing in the wheel … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on April 29, 2012 by aviationintel.com

WHITE HOUSE RE-EVALUATING TAIWAN’S REQUEST FOR BRAND NEW F-16 VIPERS, SHOULD OFFER F-35B AS WELL

How is selling late block F-16s to our ally Taiwan even debatable? Instead the Obama Administration “offered” to upgrade Taiwan’s existing F-16A/B fleet with modern systems. This should have been offered along with providing as many new F-16s as Taiwan … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on April 19, 2012 by aviationintel.com

NEWS ROUNDUP: April 19th, 2012!

F-35 MAKES A VERY LOW LEVEL BOMB DROP !                 Well maybe it was just into a concrete pit while it was hung above but none-the-less it did release a weapon! Oh and … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on April 2, 2012 by aviationintel.com

AEI STUDY SAYS TOO FEW STEALTH ASSETS IN US ARSENAL TO FIGHT PACIFIC WARS, MISSES BIG PICTURE

http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2012/03/air-force-lacks-stealth-aircraft-to-fight-china-study-says-032812w/ From the American Enterprise Institute’s report: “If a wing of seventy-two F-22 fighters was based at a distance of 1,500 nautical miles from the combat zone — roughly the distance between Anderson Air Force Base on Guam to the … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on March 13, 2012 by aviationintel.com

NEWS ROUNDUP MARCH 13th, 2012!

COAST GUARD MAY TAKE C-27Js OFF THE USAF’s HANDS, USAF INFLATED OPERATIONAL FINANCIAL PREDICTIONS This is a positive development in the C-27J saga. The Coast Guard has to constantly fight for every scrap it can get and the C-27J would … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on February 28, 2012 by aviationintel.com

J-20 TEARS IT UP!

Stay tuned for an upcoming post on the J-20, consesus is starting to gel on Aviationintel’s side! *Thanks Oscar for sending this one over, I always love seeing the recent action out of Chengdu!

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Posted on February 5, 2012 by aviationintel.com

CYBER SECURITY BREACHES HAVE CAUSED MAJOR INCREASES IN DEFENSE PROGRAM COSTS

David Fulghum, Bill Sweetman, and Amy Butler over at Aviation Week have put together an eye-opening piece about US cyber security when it comes to major weapons technologies. The key focus of the article (linked below) is that such attacks … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on January 26, 2012 by aviationintel.com

CHINA’S ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSILE & THE LOST RQ-170 SENTINEL DRONE

China’s mysterious Dongfeng 21D anti-ship ballistic missile program, supposedly able to take out American aircraft carriers and other capital ships at distances of up to some 2,000 miles. The DF-21D uses a ballistic delivery concept to send it’s deadly payload … Read the rest of this entry →

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Posted on January 23, 2012 by aviationintel.com

CASE CLOSED: AMERICA WILL CONTINUE IT’S 11 AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRATEGY

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57363407/u.s-to-keep-11-aircraft-carriers/ It has been a fantastic week for Naval Aviation. A year ago it seemed like the writing was on the wall for the Navy’s eleven aircraft carrier strategy. At the time, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was making speeches … Read the rest of this entry →

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