XinhuiYeah, but how do I know how many airfields are in portland?
The main one is PDX, one international flight to Japan a week.
There is also Hillsoboro Airport for Intel and Nike VIPS.
Xinhuithat is what I want to know….
XinhuiPlease ignore the politic of the two above articles, focus on the hardware and sells news, the writers have no idea about how international politic works and act as a bit like a inflamer
XinhuiDEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 4, 2004, Friday
CHINA GOING TOO FAR[]
Ekspert, No 19, May 24 – 30, 2004, p. 36
Aleksei Khazbiyev
WHY RUSSIA SHOULD ABSTAIN FROM SELLING CHINA MODERN MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES
Chairman of the PRC State Council Ven Tsiabao said at his meeting with
Defense Minister of Russia Sergei Ivanov in Beijing in late April that “the
practice of deliveries of ready-for-use military hardware from Russia has
outlived its usefulness. Time has come to start looking for new forms of
cooperation.” Defense Minister of China Tsao Ganchuang suggested abolition
of all restrictions on military hardware deliveries and access to the
Russian military know-how for Chinese specialists.
Defense Ministry of Russia views China as a potential enemy nowadays, and
the sale of certain kinds of Russian military hardware to this country is
not permitted. The People’s Liberation Army of China used to buy between
$1.5 and 2 billion worth of weapons from Russia every year. In fact, Russian
military hardware accounted for 90% Chinese arms import.
It is clear that the mood in Beijing is different now. Why?
Chairman Hu Tsintao said at the 16th Congress of the Communist Party in
Beijing eighteen months ago that China planned to make its army one the most
formidable and powerful in the world within two decades. Within these two
decades the Chinese are supposed to design and create a broad spectrum of
military hardware outperforming all existing analogs. The previous ambitious
task set by the Communist Party – to learn to copy Russian and American
military hardware of the third generation – was never accomplished by the
national military-industrial complex.
That is why there is only one means for the Chinese military-industrial
complex to perform its duty as specified by the Communist Party – it has to
buy the latest technologies from Russia and enlist the services of Russian
specialists in weapons design. That means an attempt to form China’s own
design school at Russia’s expense.
Beijing’s technological demands are outrageous and this is not an
exaggeration. These days, the People’s Liberation Army is buying the latest
modifications of SU-30MKK, fighters of the fourth generation, from Russia.
This is one of the best aircraft in the world (and this is certainly not an
exaggeration). Even the Russian army does not have them… All the same,
Beijing wants them outfitted with radars with the Bars phased antennae grid
and with AAMs with active guidance systems. The Chinese put forth what
amounts to an ultimatum: sell the new aircraft along with technologies of
manufacture of radars, missiles, and the license for manufacture of AL-31F
engines, or forget it.
Beijing’s interests in the sphere of naval hardware are even broader. Before
the Soviet Union collapsed, its military-industrial complex designed a
Project 965U destroyer. The ships was expected to become the major Soviet
strike force in the medium ocean zone. Serial production was never organized
because of the chronic shortage of funds. The People’s Liberation Army is
prepared to finance construction of the first combatant, provided that
afterwards China gets the ship itself and all technical documents. China
also wants to become an sponsor of construction of floating nuclear power
plants with KLT-40S reactors because the Chinese military-industrial complex
thinks it can adapt the reactors for the use in domestically-built nuclear
power plants. Along with everything else, Beijing is toying with the idea of
having Russia design for it a heavy aircraft-carrier whose construction is
supposed to begin in a couple of years.
China’s military might already matches Russia’s. Discounting nuclear
weapons, we must face the truth: China is ahead of us from the military
point of view. The People’s Liberation Army has 280 fighters of the fourth
generation, mostly SU-27s and SU-30s. These aircraft will number almost 400
two years from now. By 2005, the Chinese Navy will have almost two dozens
quiet Kilo submarines of Russian manufacture and at least two squadrons of
powerful surface combatants, mostly Sovremenny class destroyers built in
Russia. Chinese antiaircraft defense includes a dozen S-300 divisions and
three dozen TOR-M1 complexes and is known as the best in Asia. As for the
Russian Armed Forces, they include only about 400 MIG-27 and SU-27 fighters
of the fourth generation, only 50% of them airworthy. The Pacific Fleet is
rotting at the piers, and the antiaircraft defense has “too many holes and
dead zones”, to quote Air Force ex-commander Anatoly Kornukov.
In other words, China will be superior in hostilities unless we use nuclear
weapons. So, what is the price the Chinese are prepared to pay to make their
army more powerful than the Russian one?
Estimates made by Konstantin Makienko, Deputy Director of the Center of
Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, show that the sale of sophisticated
arms and technologies to China may earn Russia at least $10 billion.
“Missile technologies may be offered in return for the contract to buy 150
SU-30MKK fighters worth $7 – 8 billion,” Makienko explained. “If Russia
helps China build its own aircraft-carrier, it may bring up the matter of a
contract for no less than four destroyers totaling $3.5 – 4 billion.” The
sale of engine and radar licenses may earn the federal budget about $2
billion more.
It seems, however, that the Chinese consider even $10 billion too much.
Chinese leaders duck exact figures at this point. They still count on
abolition of the embargo introduced by the European Union after the
Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. The logic is simple. If the embargo is
lifted, Beijing will not have to pay Russia the maximum. Even that is not
all.
China refuses to recognize Russia in its existing borders. Official Beijing
demands that Moscow invalidates “all treaties signed by the imperial Russia
with the Tsing Dynasty.” Den Siaoping said in 1989 that “using this treaties
Russia seized the territory of China exceeding 1.5 million square
kilometers. It’s pay time now.” The matter concerns Primorie, Tuva,
Sakhalin, and territories to the north of the Amur where Vladivostok and
Khabarovsk are located. Siaoping’s words were never denounced. They remain a
major factor of local politics.
Moscow has not yet made up its mind on whether or not it should strive for
closer relations with Beijing.
Europeans look more consistent. In the last six months European authorities
discussed the arms embargo on two occasions (at the meeting of the European
Parliament in Strasbourg first, and then at the meeting of foreign ministers
of European Union in Luxembourg). On both occasions, the decision of the
majority was to leave the embargo in place. It does not appear as though the
European Union planned to lift the ban in the near future.
As a matter of fact, even the Russian military-industrial complex may fail
to benefit from the deal as suggested by Ganchuang. In the last several
years our defense industry and Rosoboronexport greatly diversified the
portfolio through contracts with India, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In
2003, India became the largest importer of Russian military hardware. 42%
Russian military hardware sold to foreign customers went to India, and only
38% to China. Sure, if Beijing pays $10 billion for the coveted
technologies, it will enable Russia to finance some promising projects in
the sphere of aircraft manufacture and delivery means, but not all projects
by a long shot. Once defense technologies are sold to China, Russia will
find itself ousted from the Chinese market for good.
Russia will perhaps be better off selling only the weapons its own army
possesses. China is not going to find a new provider, after all.
XinhuiDEFENSE and SECURITY (Russia)
June 4, 2004, Friday
IN LOVE WITH SU-30$
Vedomosti, June 2, 2004, p. A2
Aleksei Nikolsky
CHINA MAY BUY 24 SU-30MK2 WITH LONG-RANGE ANTISHIP MISSILES FROM RUSSIA
According to Jane’s Defense Weekly, another contract between Russia and
China may be signed before the year is over. The matter concerns twenty-four
SU-30 fighters for the Chinese Navy. The publication maintains that the
matter was discussed during the visit of Lyan Guanle, Chief-of-Staff of the
People’s Liberation Army, to Russia in early May.
Contract for the first twenty-four fighters was signed in early 2003. It is
being implemented by the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft manufacturer, an
element of Sukhoi corporation. According to the British almanac, the second
contract may specify delivery of H-59ME long-range anti-ship missiles. If
the contract is signed in late 2004, China may get the merchandize in 2005
and 2006.
Rosvooruzhenie and Sukhoi executives decline comments but sources in Russian
aircraft companies confirm the information concerning the future deal. They
estimated its cost at approximately $1 billion.
Konstantin Makienko of the Center of Analysis of Strategies and Technologies
says that discounting the future contract, the Komsomolsk-on-Amur
manufacturer may sell several fighters to Indonesia in 2005. As things
stand, the Chinese contract will enable Sukhoi to retain its leadership in
the arms export. In 2003, Russia sold almost $5.4 billion worth of military
hardware abroad.
In early 2004, China had over 270 fighters of the SU family (SU-27s and
SU-30s). Naval expert Mikhail Barabanov says that Beijing needs additional
SU-30s for its naval aviation because aircraft of the Soviet vintage (built
in the 1950’s) should be scrapped and China’s own JH-7 fighter is unlikely
to replace them because of engine trouble. Vasily Kashin, an expert with the
Institute of Far East of the Russian Academy of Sciences, says that there
are political reasons as well compelling China to up its military might.
“China’s strategy of peaceful absorption of Taiwan through economic
cooperation is a failure, but American-Taiwanese military contacts are
broadening,” Kashin said. In the near future already, Taiwan will get from
the United States destroyers with a formidable antiaircraft defense, and by
way of a response the Chinese need a weapon enabling them to kill these
ships without waiting for them to enter the antiaircraft defense zone. Hence
Beijing’s interest in long-range anti-ship missiles and delivery means. “The
situation being what it is, absolutely nothing jeopardizes continuation of
the Russian-Chinese military-technical cooperation,” the expert said.
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XinhuiRUSSIAN AVIATION PRODUCERS ANTICIPATE MAJOR SALES. Algeria has agreed
to purchase at least 50 MiG-29 fighters at a cost of $1.5
billion-$1.7 billion, “Izvestiya” reported on 1 June. Algeria already
has 193 Soviet-made jet fighters and, according to the daily, intends
to replace them all, meaning that the Algeria contract could be
“epochal” for the Russian arms industry. MiG General Director Valerii
Toryanin told the newspaper that MiG is currently working on 140
contracts with 28 different countries. Neither MiG nor the Algerian
government would comment on the reported fighter deal. “Vedomosti”
reported on 31 May that MiG is in the final stages of negotiating a
$150 million contract to provide 12 Ka-52 military attack helicopters
to Yemen. Toryanin told the daily that the contract will be concluded
“in the immediate future.” Center for Strategy and Technology
Analysis Deputy Director Konstantin Makienko told the daily that the
contract will be the first export deal involving the Ka-52. The
Russian military has not yet purchased any of the helicopters,
continuing instead to procure the Ka-50, Makienko said. Ilyushin
Finans General Director Aleksandr Rubtsov told Interfax on 1 June
that talks are under way to provide an unspecified number of Il-96
commercial airliners to India. RC
RUSSIAN MILITARY TRANSPORT REMAINS DEPENDENT ON U.S. NAVIGATION
TECHNOLOGY. Russia’s military-transport aircraft use U.S.-made
global-positioning-system (GPS) technology for satellite navigation,
“Vremya novostei” reported on 1 June, citing Lieutenant General
Viktor Denisov, commander of the 61st Air Army. Denisov further told
the daily that the aircraft of his unit are not equipped with any
Russian-made navigation technology. He confirmed that it is possible
that the United States could “turn off” its GPS system and leave
Russian aircraft without satellite-navigation capabilities. RC
RFE/RL NEWSLINE Vol. 8, No. 102, Part I, 1 June 2004
Xinhui1.) JH-7 with electronic scanning radar. What we have seen with the newer JH-7s is that they are equipped with slotted mechanical planar arrays. You can conclude some things from it.
I have some major issue with the report as well. but using JH-7A in a command role make some sence as it has a two men crew….. a weapon officer will reduce the workload.
XinhuiNot speculation, but rather a very important news, not revolution per se, since AVIC been using CATIA since Version 3. I also seem CATIA vesion 5 upgrades in the past.
http://military.china.com/zh_cn/news/568/20040515/11690085.html
AVIC I will invest 1.7 billion in fully digital aircraft production line. Completion by 2010, when every phase of aircraft production will be fully digitized. Goal is to cut down design time by 60%, R&D cast by 25%
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