Chinese military exports to other countries

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Any information on what areas the MBT-3000 performed poorly in?

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If I were to venture a guess, its failure probably had something to do with the tank's (in)ability to handle the extreme temperatures, humidity, and dust of the Pakistani countryside. This, however, does not mean that the MBT-3000's merit as an MBT goes down the drain; it simply shows that some tanks fill in specific niches better than others. Keep in mind that the Abrams had also failed tests in Pakistan, and we all know better than to judge the Abrams based on trials of merely one performance factor.

Delivered to the Brazilian Navy oceanographic ship the new "Vital de Oliveira"


(Defensa.com) The Defense Minister Jaques Wagner, accompanied by the Commander of the Navy, Admiral Eduardo Leal Ferreira Bacellar, attended last July 23 in Rio de Janeiro at the ceremony of the new Research Vessel Hidroceanográfico Vital Oliveira (NPqHo), considered essential to ensure progress in scientific studies and characterize strategic areas of the South Atlantic ocean.

The "Vital de Oliveira" (H-39) built in China and completed in Singapore, is the result of a collaboration between the Ministries of Defense and of Science, Technology and Innovation, along with the companies Vale and Petrobras. The resources available in the country are key to supporting Brazilian aspirations to the Commission on the Limits of the United Nations (UN), seeking to extend the outer limit of the maritime area in which Brazil has sovereign rights for the exploitation of resources natural.

Fresh from Singapore, Oliveira Vital weighs 3,500 tons and the so-called Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) SUB 15K Fighter has the ability to get to explore up to 4,000 meters deep. The ship also has special abilities to carry out searches of metal nodules on the seafloor as well as oil and gas located in the lower surfaces and exploitation of mineral resources in the deep waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) .

The various features and capabilities of the ship have dual use, that is, serve both to ensure the protection of wealth of maritime jurisdictions belonging to Brazil, as for use in other operations. The data entered in the charts with a modern sidescan sonar multi-Sistem Klein 5000 V2, and help in navigation, causing impacts on the economy, which is reflected in the Cost-Brazil called.

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Pakistan purchasing eight submarines of the class S20 China


(Defensa.com) The Pakistan government had signed a purchase agreement with China for a total of eight submarines of diesel / electric propulsion of the S20 class, which is the export variant of the Yuan class, but endowed with the system AIP (Air Independent Propulsion).

The agreement would have been signed during a meeting in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, between the president of the company macro China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Company Limited (SCOC) and Minister of Finance (Hacienda) Pakistan, Ishaq Dar. Under the agreement, Pakistan would effect the payment in up to four installments. Deliveries, whose dates have not been specified, help to strengthen the Pakistani fleet in naval defense planning understands that having a powerful submarine fleet would be the best deterrent to increasing the fleet from neighboring India.

Pakistan currently has a fleet of five submarines of French design, two are from the Hashmat class, built in France, which are basically the Agosta class, as has the Spanish Armada. Later, in 1994, a contract whereby DCN, the state-owned shipbuilding gala (now DCNS), developed for Pakistan improved the earlier version was signed. In this new class, the French designated Agosta 90B and the client as Khalid class, was built three, the first in Cherbourg in 1999, and then two others in Karachi (Pakistan) in 2002 and 2006 with assistance from the French company. Note that the French technical team traveled to Karachi was the subject of a suicide bombing that killed 11 French engineers and two Pakistanis, in addition to the bomber, the May 8, 2002.

The idea of reinforcing material submarine fleet with China is not new, in fact, Beijing is the main supplier of defense equipment to Pakistan, and it is clear that the Pakistan Navy will have to limit its operating life, like Spain, two Agosta class submarines and submarine commissioned needs several years to run. Turning to the Asian media information, review the contract logically would include the training of crews and technical staff of Pakistan and a wide technical and logistical support.

Coinciding with the negotiations of the acquisition last May, a Chinese Yuan class submarine, he would have visited the Pakistani port of Karachi. The scale occurred in the course of a deployment of the ship in the Indian Ocean that led to the Gulf of Aden where Chinese forces operating against Somali piracy.

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It seems possible Iran, one of the last big combat aircraft markets left over for some years (decades?) to come, is going to be taken by russian export planes. But in reality - could china even had competed? It has no large plane to export, save for possibly jh7, which is a very specialized plane not suitable for 99% of the nations and even china isn't buying it anymore as it is old design.

It has various flanker variants which it agreed with russia it won't sell abroad.

It has j-10 and fc-1, which it theoretically could sell abroad, but only with russian consent, as they both need russian engines in their currently available variants. Which in practice means contracts to smaller, poorer nations which need a dozen or two planes are possible but contracts to bigger air forces like iran are unlikely as russia will have first dibs there and can choose to stop any re-sale of its engines to third parties.

While there is still a chance Iran will be buying a single engined plane by the dozens in the next five years (and chinese made engines for the said two planes might be available by then) it does seem chinese manufacturers are currently still at a disadvantage.

I'd say only at around 2020 (j10b) and later (possible fc-31) chinese planes will have a real chance of being competitive at the world's market as then they'll be going against mig-35, su-35, pak-fa and various western planes.

I think the J-10B/C has great potential against contenders like the Gripen NG, Typhoon, or Rafale. The J-10A seems like a decent substitute for an F-16 Block 50/52 should a country require such performance in a fighter plane.

The JF-17 should be very popular amongst developing countries if CAC is able to keep its price low.

The JH-7B (with avionics and structural upgrades) might still appeal to those looking for a rugged but capable strike aircraft without having to break the bank.

But yes, the big players in the PLAAF's 4.5th generation fleet are Flankers (J-11D, J-15S, and J-16) that unfortunately will never see their export prospects materialize.

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Chinese aircraft maker HAIG sells planes to Russia

A Chinese aircraft manufacturer, the Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (HAIG), announced on Monday that it has signed a contract to sell 15 Y-12E aircraft to a Russian company, HAIG announced on Monday.

The company, a subsidiary of the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), said it signed the contract with Fly AVIA FZE, which provides aviation equipment, repairs and after-sales services for the Russian market.

The aircraft will be delivered in 2017 and the contract is worth an estimated total of 550 million yuan (about 87.3 million U.S. dollars), according to the statement.

The short-haul Y-12 series aircraft are used mainly for passenger and cargo transport, geological exploration, ocean monitoring and agriculture.

It has obtained certification in more than ten countries including Russia, the United States, France and the United Kingdom.

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Two C13B corvettes has been finally delivered to the Bangladesh Navy

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Chinese aircraft maker HAIG sells planes to Russia

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There will be more Russia buying Chinese made engines and planes in the future. Especially these sanctions are killing their economy.

China exported 6 L-15 to Zambia recently.

AVIC has published photos of first L-15 supersonic training aircraft of Zambian Air Force
Dec 28, 2015

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AVIC has published photos of Zambian Air Force pilots and maintenance crew completing their conversion to the Hongdu L-15 supersonic training and light attack aircraft.

The Zambia Air Force (ZAF) is allegedly to have signed a deal for six L-15 Falcon jet trainers made by Hongdu Aviation Industry of China.

These come hot after the delivery of 16 K-8 Karakorum jet trainers and seven Z-9 light attack helicopter both made in China.

The L-15 is an advanced trainer aircraft currently under development by Nanchang based Hongdu Aviation Industry Corporation. The aircraft made its maiden flight on 13 March 2006. The aircraft’s general designer is Mr. Zhang Hong, and the development is reportedly assisted by Yakovlev OKB of Russia.

The L-15 is a direct rival to the Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation (GAIC) JL-9/FTC-2000 Mountain Eagle in competition for the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s (PLAAF) next-generation advanced trainer aircraft program.

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