CHINA AIR CRAFT CARRIER PROGRAM (A voyage of surreptitious discovery, creativity, and determination)

Pic Courtesy: Internet   Over the next couple of years, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) will undertake intensive trials of its third aircraft carrier, the Fujian (Type-003), to bring it into service. China has been intent on building its carrier capacity since the 1970s. The last five decades have been a journey of discovery …

Ritu’s Column:  China’s Newest FC-31 Gyrfalcon Stealth Jet

Pic Courtesy: Internet   Ritu Sharma is a journalist, with a Master’s Degree in Conflict Studies and Management of Peace from the University of Erfurt, Germany. Her areas of interest include Asia-Pacific, the South China Sea, and Aviation history. She has been writing on subjects related to defence, foreign affairs, and nuclear technology for the last 15 …