Day: July 25, 2019

By LiuXuanzun (Global Times)10:12, January 09, 2019

A Chinese soldier fires an assault rifle that is also capable of launching 20-millimeter grenades. Photo: cctv.com

Equipped with futuristic individual combat weapons like grenade-launching assault rifles, corner shot pistols and knife guns, the PLA special forces are aiming to build super soldiers capable of 1 vs 10 and to meet the requirements of the digitalization of modern warfare.

The wide variety of advanced firearms is used in an internal competitive training by the Xuefeng Special Operation Brigade under the PLA 76th Group Army, cctv.com reported on Monday.

The corner shot pistol system can be used so that the muzzle points to a different direction across a wall, while the soldier aims the weapon behind the wall with the help of a monitor. In dangerous urban warfare, the system allows the operator to accurately shoot targets without exposing himself to hostile attackers, the report said.

A knife gun hides bullets inside what seems to be a knife, which can be fired in close quarters combat, the report said.

A Chinese soldier aims a corner shot pistol system behind a wall. Photo: cctv.com

The grenade-launching assault rifle, also known as the Individual Comprehensive Operation System QTS-11, integrates the function of a rifle and a grenade launcher along with an advanced aiming module, according to the report.

With these weapons, super soldiers capable of 1 vs 10 will be created, Wei Dongxu, a Beijing-based military analyst, told the Global Times on Tuesday.

It is rare for these advanced Chinese weapons to appear at a same place, cctv.com said.

Training using these sci-fi weapons shows that related technologies are very mature, Wei said.

The weapons are made for special forces鈥?Some standard troops will also use them in the future, Wei said. But these high-tech guns will remain exclusive to elite forces for a while because of their higher cost, he predicted.

銆€銆€A Chinese soldier waves a knife but fires bullets from it. Photo: cctv.com

In the 1990s, the US developed the XM29 rifle that is similar in concept to the QTS-11. However, it was too expensive to win bids from the US Army, Science and Technology Daily reported.

The QTS-11, dubbed a strategic rifle by Chinese military observers despite being a tactical weapon, gained its nickname because it not only has multiple functions and provided the strongest individual firepower in the world, but is also highly digitalized with sensors, a positioning system and a data sharing system, making it a cut above other tactical weapons, media reported.

These weapons being used for basic-level combat units show the PLAs modernization and informatization level, the cctv.com report said.

(Global Times)15:14, January 09, 2019

President Xi Jinping stands with national top science award winners Liu Yongtan (right) and Qian Qihu after Xi presented them with medals and certificates at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday. Xie Huanchi / Xinhua

 

Graphics: Prize money for major science awards

Two senior military scientists won Chinas annual top science and technology award on Tuesday, receiving a prize of 8 million yuan ($1.17 million) each, greater than last years Nobel Prize amount.

Liu Yongtan, a radar expert and academician from both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and Qian Qihu, a defense engineering expert, who is also a CAE academician, received the 2018 State Preeminent Science and Technology Award during a conference held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who granted award medals and certificates to the winners, shook hands with them and expressed congratulations.

The cash prize for each of the two military scientists on Tuesday was 8 million yuan ($1.17 million), 3 million yuan more than last years prize money. It is also higher than the Nobel Prize amount for 2018, which was set at Swedish kronor 9.0 million, roughly $1 million.

During the past 20 years, 31 Chinese scientists have been granted this honor, including Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist Tu Youyou and Father of Hybrid Rice Yuan Longping.

Liu, 82, is the forerunner of Chinas first all-time, all-weather, over-the-horizon maritime early warning system that targets enemies both from sea and air, and also spearheaded the development of the nations sea-targeting radar.

Over his more than six-decade career, Qian, 81, helped establish the theoretical system for Chinas modern defense engineering theoretical system, overcoming technical difficulties for defense engineering during nuclear attacks.

What the two senior scientists have in common is they successfully applied the national defense theories they developed in present engineering practices, which substantially enhanced the countrys capability to resist external threats, Song Zhongping, a Beijing-based military expert and TV commentator, said on Tuesday.

Yangs over-the-horizon early warning radar system lays the foundation for the countrys first line of defense, which is also why the country was able to establish the Air Defense Identification Zone in the East China Sea, Song told the Global Times.

According to China Global Television Network on Tuesday, under Lius direction, Chinas first high-frequency radar system became a leader in target detection in the 1990s.

And it represented the modern radar and also has wide applications in aerospace, navigation, fisheries and coastal oil development.

Chinas nuclear strategy follows the principle of No first use. It requires the country to have the capability to withstand a nuclear attack before it responds with its strategic weapons.

Qians work achieves that to guarantee the safety of the countrys strategic weapons and launch and storage facilities, as well as the commanders safety during extreme times, Song said.

Qian compared his work to the underground Steel Great Wall and many places that already play a part in Chinese peoples lives also have links to Qians work, including the Nanjing Yangtze River Tunnel, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, and the giant South-to-North Water Transfer Project, said the CGTN report.

Five foreign experts, including four from the US and one from Sweden, were also given the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award.

China aims to turn into an innovative country by 2020, when scientific progress will contribute nearly 60 percent of the nations economic growth, according to a national science and technology development plan.

By ZhangDonghua,LiuGuoshun (China Military Online)08:42, January 10, 2019

China recently released a promotional video to gather new recruits for the PLA Air Force.

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (ChinaMil) — The Conscription Office of the Ministry of National Defense of the People鈥檚 Republic of China recently released the Notice on Advancing the Preparation for the 2019 Conscription Campaign, setting up instructions for the enlistment campaign this year.

According to the Notice, all relevant areas throughout the country should accomplish this year鈥檚 recruitment tasks effectively and agreeably. The national conscription network will begin operation on January 10th for online military service registration, enlistment registration, policy consulting, and other affairs.

The Notice also calls for maintaining the trend with college students as the primary source of enlistment, endeavoring to achieve the goal of significantly enhancing the overall quality of new recruits, and steadily increasing the proportion of college graduates, so as to provide more quality new recruits for building a world-class military.

(China Daily)09:16, January 10, 2019

China will consider setting up new overseas support bases for its military if there are such needs, a senior Peoples Liberation Army strategist said on Wednesday.

Lieutenant General He Lei, former vice-president of the PLA Academy of Military Science, said at a Beijing news conference hosted by the State Council Information Office that whether China establishes new overseas military bases will depend on two factors.

This matter is primarily determined by whether a new base is needed to help China better fulfill missions given by the United Nations, he explained. Second, it depends on the approval of the nation where a new base should be located.

Given these two preconditions, it is possible for China to build new overseas support bases, said the officer.

He emphasized that the main role of a Chinese overseas base is to provide logistical support to Chinese units operating overseas, and not to field Chinese military forces in other countries, so people should not overinterpret this matter.

Currently, the Chinese military has one overseas facility锛峵he Djibouti Logistics Support Base, which was put into operation in August 2017.

The base, in Djibouti City, capital of the nation in the Horn of Africa, is tasked with supporting the Chinese militarys naval escort, peacekeeping and humanitarian missions in Africa and western Asia, enabling the nation to better protect the safety of international strategic maritime passages with other countries, said the PLA Navy.

It is expected to help China improve its capabilities in international military cooperation, joint exercises, emergency evacuations and overseas rescues, according to the Navy.

The United States, France and Japan also have military bases in Djibouti.

Senior Captain Zhang Junshe, a high-ranking researcher at the PLA Naval Research Academy, said at Wednesdays news conference that the Djibouti base is helpful to the Chinese Navys escort mission, which was requested by the UN.

An overseas base can conveniently resupply ships with fresh food and fuel. It also facilitates logistical work. In the past, when we had no base, our Navy had to transport components from China to replace bad parts on a ship, and it was not easy for our sailors to rest, he said.

Regarding Chinas plans for its aircraft carrier force, Zhang said the country needs at least three carriers, and that it will gradually develop its carrier force in accordance with its road map.

The PLA Navy now has one carrier in active service and is testing a second one, which is expected to soon be commissioned. A new carrier, larger than the previous two, is reportedly being built.

(Xinhua)11:00, January 10, 2019

BEIJING, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — The Chinese military is an important force in maintaining the worlds peace and stability, a military expert said on Wednesday.

At a press briefing, He Lei, former vice president of the Academy of Military Science of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), said military relations between China and the United States could serve as the stabilizer of China-U.S. relations.

He said the two militaries should show sincerity and treat each other as friends, and the U.S. side should be positive on Chinas development as well its military.

They should uphold the principles of no conflicts and confrontations, not stir up troubles, and adhere to the one-China principle and the three joint communiques as well as the consensus reached by the two heads of states, he said.

Zhang Junshe, a researcher from the Naval Research Academy of the PLA, echoed He, saying the Pacific Ocean is vast enough to accommodate both China and the United States.

Calling freedom of navigation in the South China Sea a pseudo-proposition, Zhang said over 100,000 ships passed through the water every year, including those from countries that have disputes with China.

It is Chinas consistent stance to respect all countries navigation freedom in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Zhang said.

A total of 31 Chinese naval fleets have escorted more than 6,600 ships in the Gulf of Aden over the past 10 years, of which more than a half are foreign commercial ships and those from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

The Chinese military is taking more and more international responsibilities. All other countries should view the development of the Chinese military in a correct way.

He Lei said: The Chinese military has always been committed to safeguarding national sovereignty and security and maintaining world peace.