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by78

by78

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A J-11BS and J-10S – both tandem seaters – performing together at the Air Force Day open house in Changchun, China.

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by78

by78

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Has anyone seen a larger version of this photo? What's the story behind this and the context: when, where, what project?

The banner in the back ground says: "celebrating the successful conclusion of XXX's flight test/experiment..." Unfortunately, the characters on the guy's jacket are not readable. The logo on the jacket kind of looks like CASIC's, but I'm not sure.

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SinoSoldier

SinoSoldier

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by78 said:
Has anyone seen a larger version of this photo? What's the story behind this and the context: when, where, what project?

The banner in the back ground says: "celebrating the successful conclusion of XXX's flight test/experiment..." Unfortunately, the characters on the guy's jacket are not readable. The logo on the jacket kind of looks like CASIC's, but I'm not sure.

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Henri K. has a pretty detailed article on it:
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I'll summarize what I can:
  • A particular NOTAM on September 19, 2018, caught Henri's attention, mostly because it covered a massive area (1800 km x 500 km) and is two hours long (as opposed to just 1 hour for previous ballistic missile tests)
  • The launch area is supposedly Taiyuan Space Center which is covered by the NOTAM
  • This particular NOTAM covers the same area as the NOTAMs issued on May 12 and June 12 of this year (2018)
  • While the nature of the May & June tests are unknown, it is suspected that the test subject is a "XXX-XX" craft designed by CASC (at least for the May test), and that this test was successful
The picture you posted is allegedly of the celebration following the May 12th test of the "XXX-XX" craft from CASC.

Henri K. also entertains the possibility that the NOTAM involves a large-scale military exercise not unlike the one conducted in July 2017.
 
by78

by78

General
SinoSoldier said:
Henri K. has a pretty detailed article on it:
Please, Log in or Register to view URLs content!


I'll summarize what I can:
  • A particular NOTAM on September 19, 2018, caught Henri's attention, mostly because it covered a massive area (1800 km x 500 km) and is two hours long (as opposed to just 1 hour for previous ballistic missile tests)
  • The launch area is supposedly Taiyuan Space Center which is covered by the NOTAM
  • This particular NOTAM covers the same area as the NOTAMs issued on May 12 and June 12 of this year (2018)
  • While the nature of the May & June tests are unknown, it is suspected that the test subject is a "XXX-XX" craft designed by CASC (at least for the May test), and that this test was successful
The picture you posted is allegedly of the celebration following the May 12th test of the "XXX-XX" craft from CASC.

Henri K. also entertains the possibility that the NOTAM involves a large-scale military exercise not unlike the one conducted in July 2017.
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So it's CASIC then... Thank you.
 
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