Tag: PLA
China’s PLA Reshapes to Deliver ‘Intelligentisation’
To achieve a world-class military, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing the three parallel pillars of ‘mechanisation, informatisation and intelligentisation’. The latter gained...
Strength in Numbers a Counter to Terrorism
Multi-lateral cooperation keep strong as regional terrorism persists.
As the war in Ukraine rolls into its third year, strategic competition across the vast maritime expanses...
Sourcing the Best Small Arms From Near and Far
Regional domestic small arms manufacturers are competing well against their global rivals.
With large armies to equip, the Asia-Pacific region offers a major market for...
Treading Lightly
The days of tactical vehicles being manufactured solely for the military are declining. Commercial off-the-shelf have been favoured by many nations, but do they...
China teases J-31B Gyrfalcon
Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) subsidiary Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) has revealed its J-31B Shen Fei/Gyrfalcon combat aircraft in a new computer-generated video...
Fleet Force Protection
The increasing range and potency of A2AD defence, particularly the anti-ship missile threat, is leading navies to reconsider how individual ships as well as...
Australia’s Strategic Defence Review Divergence
The military rise of the People's Republic of China has been rapid, even though warning signals have existed for years. Such strategic competition has...
China Puts Squeeze on Philippine Reefs in South China Sea
Second Thomas Shoal has emerged as a South China Sea flashpoint, as China smothers Philippine aspirations to protect its exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This...
The PRC’s Corruption Conundrum
President Xi made a promise to rid China of corrupt politicians and military leaders. Defence acquisitions have been examined in detail with irregularities found....
10 on 10 for China’s Z-10ME
The appearance of a fully equipped Chinese attack helicopter is surely one of the biggest surprises of the Singapore Airshow.
The six-tonne attack helicopter,...
