China's military goes all out in spaceChina views space as a critical military domain. Chairman Xi Jinping wants to lead in space. China invests heavily in space assets. The US ...
15 Jul, 2025, 01.53 PM IST
China builds giant anti-hypersonic radar that can track every small and big Indian missile from 5,000 km awayChina's new Large Phased Array Radar (LPAR), located in Yunnan province, extends surveillance capabilities over India, especially its missi...
10 Mar, 2025, 02.45 PM IST
China's PLA undergoes major restructure as it emphasises information capabilities for warXi Jinping replaces PLA's Strategic Support Force with Information Support Force in a significant overhaul. The move aims to enhance milita...
30 Apr, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
President Xi Jinping initiates sweeping reorganisation of China's militaryXi is creating a new branch called the Information Support Force. The aerospace and cyber units previously under the Strategic Support Forc...
20 Apr, 2024, 11.13 PM IST
NORAD fighters intercept high-altitude balloon over USA small balloon over Utah was intercepted by US-Canada military agencies, but deemed not to pose any national security or flight risk. The ...
24 Feb, 2024, 04.02 PM IST
Abrupt dismissals point to Xi Jinping's quiet shake-up of China's militaryNine high-ranking Chinese military figures were recently removed as delegates to the country's Communist Party-run legislature, without off...
03 Jan, 2024, 08.23 PM IST
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370: Experts claim it could be found in daysMalaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a normal flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Everything seemed perfect for the first 40 minutes of Flig...
26 Dec, 2023, 10.45 PM IST
China's military hierarchy under spotlight after defence minister disappearsThe PLA is the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party and, according the Pentagon's annual report on China's military, "does not directly...
18 Sep, 2023, 01.39 PM IST
Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Li Shangfu's absence at top military meeting heightens speculation about his removalSpeculation is growing about the whereabouts of Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has not been seen in public since early this ...
16 Sep, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
Rocket blasts off carrying first Chinese crew to new space stationLift-off happened at 9:22 am (0122 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwest China's Gobi desert, with the rocket rising in clouds o...
17 Jun, 2021, 03.14 PM IST
China's new large carrier rocket makes maiden flightThe white large rocket blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre on the coast of southern China's island province of Hainan at 6 p....
05 May, 2020, 09.09 PM IST
China unveils 'most advanced' stealth drone: ReportThe CH7 makes China the second country, following the US, to produce high-altitude long-endurance combat UAVs with advanced penetration cap...
06 Nov, 2018, 05.35 PM IST
China to further enhance anti-missile capabilitiesThe upgrade plans come in the backdrop of US and South Korea's move to deploy American Terminal High Altitude Area Defence anti-missile sys...
29 Aug, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
China's next generation AI driven missiles to adapt to war situationDongfeng-21D along with long and short range missiles were displayed at the country's biggest military parade last year.
20 Aug, 2016, 12.55 AM IST
China completes first return mission to moonSearch teams recovered the orbiter at the designated landing area, about 500 kilometres away from Beijing, state- run Xinhua news agency re...
01 Nov, 2014, 11.22 AM IST
China's lunar probe Chang'e-2 travels 100 million km into deep spaceChang'e-2 is expected to travel as far as 300 mn km from the Earth, after which it will return to about seven million km from the Earth aro...
30 Oct, 2014, 07.58 PM IST
China's first lunar probe 'Chang'e-3' enters Moon's orbitChang'e-3 probe entered the lunar orbit after about 112 hours on a Earth-Moon transfer orbit, the BACC said.
06 Dec, 2013, 07.02 PM IST