PLAMCPLA Generals claim 2006 defence budget increase is insufficient
Beijing to bolster military training to `defend territory,’ Chinese official says
AP , BEIJING
Tuesday, Mar 07, 2006,Page 1
Advertising China’s military is ready to step up training and boost its ability to defend the nation’s territory, a top army official said in remarks that were published yesterday, warning Taiwan against attempting to declare independence.
“We resolutely oppose `Taiwan independence’ and will never allow `Taiwan independence’ secessionist forces to make Taiwan secede from China under any name and by any means,” the official Xinhua News Agency quoted Guo Boxiong (郭伯雄), vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, as saying.
China stepped up its rhetoric against Taiwan after President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) recently shut down a government body devoted to seeking unification with China.
Guo denounced Chen’s move as a step toward independence, calling it a “grave provocation” that would seriously undermine peace and stability, Xinhua said.
“We will make utmost efforts with maximum sincerity to safeguard and promote peaceful and steady development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and seek peaceful reunification,” Guo told a gathering of military delegates to China’s parliament in Beijing.
Guo called on the 2.5 million-member army — the world’s largest — to step up training and improve its combat capability to ensure it can “resolutely safeguard national security, reunification, and the integrity of China’s territory,” Xinhua said.
On Sunday, the government announced that its military budget will rise 14.7 percent this year to 283.8 billion yuan (US$35.3 billion).
Military delegates to the parliament complained that the spending increases were not sufficient.
“The contradiction between demand and supply of military funds remains obvious,” said Yang Xuhua, an army delegate, after hearing the government’s plans for this year.
Other military delegates also expressed disappointment, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported yesterday.
“The increase is less than we expected, in comparison with the 27 percent increase in state revenues last year,” it quoted General Zhang Wentai (張文台), political commissar of the People’s Liberation Army’s General Logistics Department, as saying.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/03/07/2003296109
PLAMCGood news: Israel resumes military exports to China
Israel admits resuming defence exports to China
By Alon Ben-David JDW Correspondent
Tel Aviv
The Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), Jacob Toren, announced on 1 March that “Israeli companies have resumed defence exports to China”.
Toren would not elaborate on the nature of the new contracts, which have been at the heart of a long crisis between Israel and the US.
Toren took office in September 2005 after his predecessor Amos Yaron was forced to resign under pressure from the US Department of Defense (DoD), which accused Yaron of misleading it on the nature of Israeli defence exports to China.
The crisis was resolved in August 2005 when Israel signed a statement of understanding with the US, pledging to restructure its agencies regulating defence exports and to consult the US on any sale that might compromise US interests.
It is unclear whether Toren’s remarks were meant to demonstrate Israeli independence or reflect a genuine resumption of defence ties with China. However, he did say: “Companies will come and see us [at the MoD] and we will judge on a case by case basis with or without consultation with the US. We are two independent countries which respect each other’s relative interests.”
PLAMCNo, the JH-7A is service with both the PLAAF & PLAN.
PLAMCChina to stage joint military exercise: PLAAF, PLAN, & PLA Ground Forces
China staging high-tech joint military exercises
AFP , BEIJING
Saturday, Mar 04, 2006
Advertising China is this week staging military exercises, Chinese state press said yesterday, coinciding with a spike in tensions with Taiwan and the start of the nation’s annual parliamentary session.
The joint air force, army and navy exercises began on Wednesday and are aimed at simulating modern battle conditions using advanced information technology, the China Daily reported, without saying when they would end.
The People’s Liberation Army Daily newspaper said the exercises were being carried out in the Shenyang, Guangzhou, Beijing and Chengdu military command regions, simulating the deployment of troops hundreds of kilometers away.
Photos posted on official government Web sites showed navy transport ships carrying tanks and armored personnel carriers, with the vehicles disembarking from the ships onto beaches.
The exercises began just after President Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) move to cease the function of the National Unification Council (NUC) and guidelines on Tuesday, a move that Beijing said would endanger peace in the Taiwan Strait and the Asia Pacific region.
Beijing has insisted that formal Taiwan independence would mean war and has strongly warned Chen from moving in that direction.
The state press did not link the exercises to the heightened cross-strait tensions but Joseph Cheng (鄭宇碩), a noted China watcher at the City University of Hong Kong, said they were meant to be a low-key signal to Taiwan.
“Certainly this is an attempt to put pressure on Chen,” Cheng said.
“Military exercises are probably seen as an appropriate warning at this stage,” he added.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/03/04/2003295644
PLAMCSeveral years ago, Iranian Air Force placed an order of J-8II to Chinese aero industry. The J-8IIs were not the exported version F-8IIM, Iranian wanted to buy PLAF’s internal used version(maybe J-8H). The Chinese aero industry/SAC was very happy, however the Chinese military authorities banned the deal.
Do you have a source for this? Why did China abandon the deal?
PLAMCPakistani officials claim that the Bangladesh Air Force will be the first external customer for the JF-17.
The Bangladesh government is looking at modernising and expanding the whole armed forces including the BAF with advance aircraft. It displayed interest in various aircraft including JF-17, Gripen, MiG-29MRCA and Su-30MK. It wants one type of medium-tech aircraft type like JF-17 and one high end aircraft type such as the Su-30MK to form it’s new defensive and offensive squadrons and perhaps replace the older F-7 models.
Incorrect, there was an article about that. But Bangladesh didn’t have the FC-1 and MiG-29 on the list. It mentioned Bangladesh was considering 16 new fighters which were the J-10, Su-30MK, and JAS-39 Gripen as candidates. Apparently the MiG-29 was out of the list, to due unfavourable experience with BAF’s current 8 MiG-29s esp. with high maintenace costs. It was said that the BAF were trying to sell them.
This article was about 2 years back. Apparently its seems that the 16 new fighters are now F-7MGs, rather than J-10, Su-30 or JAS-39.
PLAMCThis picture shows that prototype 04 is still incomplete. By the look of it, it will probably fly around about mid-April.
PLAMCI agree with tphuang.
The elite production line is with the J-10 and the crappy lines are with the J-7/F-7MG and FC-1.
PLAMCI’d actually give credit to star for bringing this up because I scent that the external improvements such as LERX and DSI are accompanied by an equal amount of internal improvements. With the old slotted array radars the US are offering pakistan with their f-16s (and this is considered High tech) the JF-17 has come up to that level (and is therefore also being considered high tech). Mush may be an army man but I clearly remember him before calling the JF-17 ‘mid-tech’ (read low tech).
I’d actually expect PESA radars with the second batch or so..
True, the FC-1 is not that advanced. Firstly, its not even stealth, the nose is completely round, not like the F-22 or F-35.
The only new features I see in the FC-1 prototype 04 is a more narrow round nose, F/A-18 style LEX, DSI style air-intake, and a rectangular tip at the top of vertical tail fin (as oppose to original angled tip in prototypes 01 & 02).
Still no stealth.
PLAMCQuestion : What is Pakistan’s technical (not financial) contribution to the FC-1/JF-17 ?
Good question, Pakistan’s technical contribution was 0%, except to provide CAC what requirements they wanted in the FC-1 fighter design.
The majority of technical work was from CAC and its subsidiaries. Also the original design of the Super-7 fighter program was assisted by the Americans. Then the FC-1 program was a follow-on from the Super-7, some design work was assisted by the Russians (some MiG-33 design features).
So the FC-1 is near 100% CAC project.
PLAMCDid you realise the Bangladeshi deal is only $93.6million, whereas the Nigerian deal for 12 F-7NIs is $251million + 3 FT-7NIs.
So maybe Bangladesh has bought the basic F-7MG (export of J-7E) variant, and Nigeria has bought a similar variant to the PLAAF J-7G plus the trainers (which probably cost more), extensive training in CAC and maintenance costs with a load weaponry such PL-9C WVRAAMs, cluster bombs, anti-bunker bombs, and other general purpose bombs.
Bangladesh who has experience with Chinese fighters like their current F-7B and FT-7, don’t need that same training. Probably no PL-9C, instead get the cheaper PL-7.
PLAMC24 February 2006
China’s new sub base to make waves
According to sources in Taiwan, Japan, India and China, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is building a new focus for its strategic nuclear forces: Hainan Island in the South China Sea. The new hub would reflect China’s expanding naval power projection capabilities and greatly increase the possibility of confrontation with other navies.
The strategic shift most likely involves basing some of the PLAN’s new Type 094 Jin-class nuclear strategic missile submarines (SSBNs) at a new facility either within or near the existing South Sea Fleet base at Yulin on Hainan Island.
Since 2002, Jane’s has interviewed several Asian government officials on China’s efforts to build a new nuclear submarine base on Hainan. At first this was described as an underground submarine base, similar to the PLAN’s underground pen to support its single North Sea Fleet nuclear submarine base at Huludao on the Bohai Gulf.
In late 2004, however, a serving People’s Liberation Army officer who confirmed the existence of a new base also noted that it was not to be an underground facility. Further evidence of a base in some form came in early 2005 when internet source photos documented the visit of a single Type 091 Han-class nuclear attack submarine (SSN) to Yulin. In late 2005, an Asian military source noted that the Hainan facility would be able to host up to eight submarines and might even be scheduled to begin operations in 2006.
http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/fr/fr060224_1_n.shtml
PLAMCPrototype 02 crashed back in 1996, I believe.
PLAMCFrom Hui Tong,
Sexy shot of the Type-730 CIWS
Does anyone know the exact number of RPM…
According to Sinodefence: its around 4,600 to 5,800 rounds per minute.
PLAMCForeign users of J-7E/F-7MG family:
Pakistan – 57 F-7PGs (+ 6 FT-7PGs)
Nigeria – 12 F-7NIs (+ 3 FT-7NIs)
Bangladesh – 16 F-7MGs (? trainers)
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