Gabriel Dominguez
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🔮 At least 10 FK-2000 vehicles – along with an array of other Chinese-made military equipment – could be seen in footage of Turkmenistan’s Independence Day parade in Ashgabat on September 27.
🔮 US Navy launches drone command that could reshape Taiwan war planning
The centre aims to integrate air, surface and underwater unmanned platforms into a unified combat-ready force
The Robotic and Autonomous Systems Warfighting Development Centre, formally established on September 24 in Virginia, will develop doctrine and tactics for unmanned systems, train sailors to use them, and test whether they can keep operating under realistic conditions.
🔮 The warship was used to launch a hypersonic anti-ship missile in July and could be strategically important in a Taiwan contingency
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When state television aired footage in July of a Type 052D destroyer launching a YJ-20 hypersonic anti-ship missile it signalled a significant expansion of the Chinese navy’s long-range strike power.
🔮 Could China’s sixth-generation fighter carry a laser to defend against incoming missiles?
🔮 Satellite images show an unusual craft under construction that analysts say may be designed to deploy very large uncrewed submarines
An unusual vessel taking shape at a Shanghai shipyard has been assessed as a possible mothership for China’s large uncrewed submarines – a capability that, if confirmed, could enable Beijing to operate the drones far from its own coast for sustained periods.
🔮 Initial reports identified it as the retired Lienchiang patrol ship, but the Liberty Times newspaper, citing neval enthusiasts’ comparison of the vessels’ bows, suggested it could instead be its sister ship, the Kinmen.
🔮 As export deals materialise, each new operator could expose the fighter to different climates, basing conditions, combat doctrines and potential adversaries far beyond the East Asian environment for which it was originally developed.
🔮 is ideal for quiet testing of sensitive, next-generation aircraft, analysts say, as some forecast faster high-end PLA deployment
🔮 Why Japan’s hypersonic and underwater weapon plans might worry China
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