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| People's
Liberation
Army
Air
Power PLA-AF/PLA-N Capability Growth and Strategy |
 First flight of Chengdu J-XX
[J-20] prototype, 11th January, 2011 [click to enlarge] (Chinese
Internet).
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rapid economic growth and industrialisation of the People’s Republic of
China over the last decade presents Australia with a new strategic
reality during this decade - the emergence of China as a regional
economic and military superpower. The PLA's air power is the
centrepiece in China's military growth. Conventional strategic thought would see Australia bolstering its existing combat fleet with extensive upgrades and new weapons, expanding supporting force structure elements, and planning for a much more capable replacement for the F/A-18A, the F-22A Raptor, while retaining the F-111 fleet. We are observing the opposite in plans for force structure downsizing by arbitrary F-111 early retirement, and replacement of the F/A-18A with the failed battlefield strike and close air support optimised F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and underperforming F/A-18F Super Hornet interim fighters. This website will post a selection of relevant articles, analyses and papers. |
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Index
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The Parliamentary Debate [Click for more ...] |
Related Links [Click for more ...] |
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 An
early production KJ-2000 Airborne Early
Warning and Control system on short finals (image © 2009, Zhenguan Studio).
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 Elevated head on view of Chengdu
prototype, December, 2010 (Chinese Internet).
 New build Shenyang J-11B Flanker B fighter. The missile under the wing is a
Chinese
clone of the Rafael Python 3 heatseeking missile. The J-11B
aircraft are typically painted in different tactical camouflage to the
J-11A,
with a medium blue grey upper surface, light grey lower surface, black
radome, while the half ellipse grey area on the nose is overpainted
with uniform camouflage (Chinese internet images).
Chengdu J-10B prototype in flight (Chinese internet images).
PLA-AF
Su-27SK
(PLA
Image).
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Comparative assessment of regional AAM types |
 KJ-200
AEW&C
system
in
flight (image © 2009, Zhenguan Studio).
 China's
new
Chengdu
J-10
'Sinocanard'
fighter
was
designed
in
the
class
of
the
Dassault
Rafale
and
Eurofighter
Typhoon
(Xinhua).
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 Shenyang J-8-I Finback A interceptor. |
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Launch
of
a
'Tomahawk-like'
PLA-N
cruise
missile,
believed
to
be
the
YJ-62.
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 Xian JH-7 Flying Leopard / Flounder.
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PL-8
Sino-Python on display at Datangshan in 2010 (Zhenguan
Studio, © 2010, Air Power
Australia).
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 YJ-62
three
round
TEL
on
8
x
8
vehicle
(Chinese
internet).
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 KD-88 ASCM loaded on a JH-7 Flounder. |
 Chinese
sources
report
the
ground
launched
CJ-10
to
be
the
GLCM
variant of the
DH-10 design, carried on a three round TEL (Chinese Internet).
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 PLA
DF-31A mobile ICBM TELs (via Chinese Internet).
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 Raduga
Kh-55SM
Kent
with
conformal
fuel
tanks.
In
a
joint
operation
with
Iran,
China
illegally
acquired
samples
of
this
Russian
cruise
missile.
The
Kent compares closely to the BGM-109A Tomahawk, but has much better
range performance (RuMoD image).
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KAB-1500L
Laser Guided Bomb. This Russian weapon is a 3,000 lb class equivalent
to
the US Paveway II/III series weapons (GNPP image). |
 Xian
recently
restarted
production
of
the
H-6/B-6
Badger,
in
the
new
H-6M
and
H-6K
cruise
missile
carrier
variants.
The
H-6K
is
fitted
with a
turbofan engine, significantly extending the striking radius of this
Soviet B-29 derivative (XAC image).
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 LT-2
and LT-3 guided bomb systems (©
2009, Zhenguan Studio).
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 A H-6U tanker of the PLA-AF refuels a
J-10S combat capable trainer over the Guangzhou MR Coast (image PLA-AF).
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