Female pilots flying training jets conclude air display
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army's 15 female pilots ridding 15 training jets K-8 appeared as the final formation of an air display at the end of a grand military parade in Beijing Thursday morning.
With music of a popular military song to express pilots' enthusiasm for the nation's blue sky echoing around Tian'anmen Square, five training jets flew over hundreds of thousands of spectators, leaving red, yellow and blue smoke trails behind to conclude the air show that lasts for nearly ten minutes. Full story
China National Day parade crescendoed when nuclear weapon appears
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's National Day military parade culminated in the final staging of giant nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles Thursday.
The camouflage nuclear missiles, riding on 18 launch vehicles, rumbled past Tian'anmen Square and were reviewed by Chinese leaders and foreign guests. Full story
China's first early warning aircraft hints strategic leap in air defense
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The organizer of China's National Day parade showed the most important hardware progress the country's Air Force made in the past decade as the long-range Kongjing-2000 and two other smaller Kongjing-200 aircraft led air formations.
The Kongjing-2000 is China's first generation of military airborne early warning and control (AEWC) system developed with its own technology. The plane was deployed around 2004 after decades of trade embargo by Western countries and unsuccessful acquisition of Russia-made equivalent. Full story
China new missile weapon to curb war threat
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- A new type of surface-to-surface intermediate and long-range missiles rumbled past the Tian'anmen Rostrum Thursday morning.
This type of missiles of DF series can be armed with either nuclear or conventional warheads, military experts say. Full story
Indigenous J-10 fighters become Air Force's backbones
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- Although China's indigenous J-10 multirole fighter was officially unveiled in 2006, it still deserved a new aircraft at the National Day parade.
As a third-generation fighter in the world, the single-seated J-10 reserves many independent intellectual property rights for its Chinese developers and manufacturers especially for its high-agility aerodynamic layout with its delta wings and a pair of canards. Full story
China's cruise missiles "sharp swords" for precision attacks
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's land-based cruise missiles debuted at a National Day parade Thursday morning, marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The missiles, painted in camouflage, were one of the most advanced domestically-made weaponry of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Full story
Nuclear-capable intercontinental missiles bring climax to China parade
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's National Day military parade culminated in the final staging of giant nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles Thursday.
The camouflaged nuclear weapon rode on 18 launch vehicles. Full story
China displays its most advanced weapons in National Day parade
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday displayed some of its most sophisticated weaponry in a grand military review to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic.
Fifty-two types of new weapon systems developed and made in China, including the country's most advanced nuclear-capable missiles, were displayed. Ninety percent of the weapons were exposed to paraded for the first time. Full story
China's conventional missiles aimed at winning information warfare
BEIJING, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's first missile brigade, carrying the country's surface-to-surface conventional missiles, rumbled past Tian'anmen Rostrum Thursday.
The homegrown missiles were carried by 18 mobile launchers, in a specially-designed formation. Full story
