Citing a new "surprise package" for Russia and Olympic spectators, Islamist militants in the North Caucasus on Sunday launched a new threat to the Sochi Olympics with a purported "martyrdom" video by two suicide bombers who attacked a transit hub 400 miles away.
The video posted on a Chechen...
A man cooks amid damage in the besieged area of Homs.
Al-Qaeda training hundreds of British and European jihadis in Syria - and telling them to return home to set up terror cells
British people fighting in Syria are being trained as “jihadists” and then encouraged to return to the UK to launch...
Chinese QBU 10 12.7x108mm Anti-Material Sniper Rifle in Action. The round of the QBU 10 12.7x108mm Anti-Material Sniper Rifle can penetrate 50mm of steel plate from a distance of 1500 meters with 80% probability and 100mm of steel plate from a distance of 200 meters with 100% probability.
As reported by Chinese and Algerian web resources, Algeria bought game 155-mm/45 Chinese self-propelled howitzers PLZ45. Some time ago there were pictures of these games loading ACS on a transport ship in the PRC, and January 14, 2014 Algerian Web resource ForcesDZ. Algerian, Tunisian and...
Lo Hsien-che
A former Taiwanese army general deserved the life sentence he received for betraying his country and spying for China, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) spokesman Luo Shou-he said on Saturday.
The spokesman said Lo Hsien-che, a one-star general, fell into a sex trap...
An unverified rare earth discovery in North Korea could give the rogue state six times the reserves of market leader China and become a "game changer" for the international rare earth industry, reports the Voice of America, the official external broadcast institution of the US federal...
PLA's hypersonic vehicle could be used against US: expert
Concept art of China's WU-14 hypersonic glide vehicle.
The new hypersonic glide vehicle of the People's Liberation Army — dubbed the WU-14 — is designed to strike large military targets including US aircraft carriers around the globe...
China's central bank has announced new regulations that enable authorities to freeze assets of domestic terrorist groups and their "overseas affiliates" as part of continued efforts to fight rising terrorist activities in the country.
The new measures, jointly issued by the People's Bank of...
China’s Latest Stealth Fighter Prototype Has, Well, Actual Stealth Features
Possible new camera and coating on latest J-20
The third—or maybe fourth—copy of China’s first stealth fighter design has appeared in photos published on the Chinese Internet. The Chengdu J-20 Dragon with the nose...
China has started constructing the second of four planned aircraft carriers, a top government official said according to media reports on Saturday.
The ship is under construction in the northeastern port of Dalian and will take six years to build, the reports said quoting Wang Min, Communist...
Chinese aircraft carrier programme
Since 1985, China has acquired four retired aircraft carriers for study, the Australian HMAS Melbourne and the ex-Soviet carriers Minsk, Kiev and Varyag.
HMAS Melbourne (Majestic-class)
Minsk aircraft carrier (Kiev-class)
Kiev aircraft carrier...
Suspected test of DF-21D missile.
Test of DF-21A.
Test of DF-21B.
US study of China’s development of ASBM.
On January 12, 2014, a photo of suspected test of the launch of DF-21D anti-ship missile was posted on the internet. Judging by the photo, the warhead of the missile is cone-shaped...
Section of aircraft carrier built last year to attract aircraft carrier contract.
The 2nd session of the 12th Liaoning Provincial People’s Congress is now being held in Shenyang. Wang Min, Liaoning Party secretary and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Congress disclosed in the morning...
ROC air force will be armed with “smart” munitions before the year’s end that could be used against any Chinese invasion by striking airfields and harbors on the mainland, media reported Saturday.
The new weaponry, developed under a project codenamed “Wan Chien” (Ten Thousand Swords), is...
China has developed its own mobile operating system aimed at easing the stranglehold of the Google and Apple, even as sceptics doubt its efficacy.
Dubbed as the China Operating System (COS) it is a strategic product for national security which has become more urgent in the wake of recent...