Taiwan is embarking on an ambitious shipbuilding program over the next couple of years, however, the RoC Navy has shelved a plan to build a helicopter carrier due to budget constrains.
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Day: January 19, 2015
China spying on PACAF air refueling schedules too
Besides radar and engine technology, Chinese hackers are busy looking for information on U.S. Air Force air refueling schedules too, the Lowy Institute reported.
PLA Navy had no political support from Beijing when it bought Varyag
In the second of a two-part series by South China Morning Post, Xu Zengping, said the PLA Navy told him the service was severely underfunded and there was no support in Beijing when they asked him to go to Ukraine to buy Varyag.
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China stole F-35’s radar and engine blueprints
Top secret documents disclosed by Edward Snowden have revealed details of what Chinese hackers had stole from the F-35 program.
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How one former basketball player bought China its first aircraft carrier
Xu Zengping was formerly the captain of the PLA Guangzhou Military Command basketball team, in the late 1990s, he was tasked with negotiating the purchase of China’s first aircraft carrier.
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