http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/2013-03-31/1846720223.html
中国空军一架苏27双座型战机在山东荣成坠毁(图)
失事现场照片，显示飞机座舱已打开，飞行员或已弹射
今日下午，一架空军战斗机在山东荣成海域坠毁，据称坠毁机型为苏27，据网友称两名驾驶员可能已经牺牲。
苏 -27是苏联苏霍伊设计局研制的，单座双发全天候空中优势重型战斗机，中国空军从上世纪90年代初引进苏-27系列飞机。1991年底，首批12架苏 -27(8架单座型的苏-27SK和4架双座型的苏-27UBK)飞抵中国。至今，苏-27和国产歼-11及改进型共约有近300架。其主要任务是国土防 空。护航.海上巡逻等。
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) engaged in fresh clashes with government troops on Monday morning in an area under the control of KIA Brigade 4 in northern Shan State, according to KIA sources.
La Nan, the spokesperson for the KIA’s political wing, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), told The Irrawaddy that Infantry Battalions (IB) 145 and 290 of the Burmese army’s Northeastern Command approached outposts belong to the KIA’s Battalion 17 on Sunday evening and fighting broke out for about an hour. Fighting resumed the next morning when the Burmese forces launched an offensive with three columns, he said.
“It was like a threat when the government troops approached our outposts the other day. We felt that we were pushed into a tight corner, so we were forced to fight,” said La Nan, adding that the government troops used heavy weapons in the exchange.
Based on ground information his headquarters had received, he said that the Monday clash that started at around 6 am was quite furious. No casualties were reported from either side, he added.
Armed engagements between the two armies have reportedly decreased in most KIA-controlled areas since preliminary meetings for political talks between the KIO and the government were held on Feb. 4 and March 11-12. The KIA said it welcomes such developments.
However, it claims that at least five small-scale clashes have occurred since those meetings because of government troops approaching areas in its Brigade 4 and 2 territories and carrying out road construction.
The Irrawaddy contacted the President’s Office and the government’s peace committee for comment about the incident on Monday morning, but did not receive a response.
The KIO spokesperson also added that the recent clashes will not have any impact on the next meeting between the KIO and the government’s Union Peacemaking Working Committee, which the two sides agreed to hold before April 10.
However, he said that the coming meeting should cover situations in frontline areas as well as focusing on other issues.
“These clashes are the consequences of their military movement, so this needs to be addressed in order to proceed to the next level of talks between the KIO and government,” stressed La Nan.
Date Posted: 27-Jul-2012
Jane's Defence Weekly
China 'developing' navalised version of DH-10 cruise missile
J Michael Cole JDW Correspondent
Taipei
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) appears to be developing a ship-borne variant of the land-based Dong Hai-10 (DH-10) land-attack cruise missile (LACM).
Images of the launcher mounted on PLAN test vessel hull 891 could be the first strong evidence that the Chinese navy is evaluating or certifying a naval variant of the DH-10 LACM. It would provide the service with its first strategic land-attack capability.
The positioning of the launcher suggests a similar configuration to the YJ-62 and YJ-83 anti-ship missile (ASM) launchers in service on PLAN surface combatants. This could minimise the need for structural modifications and allow for interchangeable launchers of a mix of LACMs and ASMs, although this would sacrifice the number of ASMs that could be carried on a vessel.
A likely interim platform for the DH-10 is the Type 052C frigate, which can carry eight rounds. Expeditionary configurations could come with four YJ-62s and four DH-10s, providing limited land-attack and sea-defence capability.
The Type 052D, which is reported to be under development, is expected to carry 16 rounds. It is not yet known whether the PLAN is exploring the possibility of a vertical launch system for the DH-10, which would increase ship safety while giving the missile a 360-degree range regardless of the vessel's orientation.
In 2008 the Second Artillery Corps began deploying the ground-launched DH-10, which has an estimated range of 1,500-2,200 km, with the CJ-10 air-launched variant entering service on PLA Air Force H-6 bombers in 2010.
The introduction of a sea-based LACM capability would extend China's ability to conduct precision strikes against land targets well beyond its shores, including bases and hard targets in Taiwan, Okinawa, and the East China and South China seas.
Deployment of Land Attack Cruise Missiles (LACM) on Chinese warships will bring new dimensions to diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific.
Images have surfaced of a naval variant of the DH-10 LACM on a China Navy test vessel. The missile canisters spotted appear to be virtually identical to the land-based variant. This sort of arrangement is reminiscent to the deployment of the BGM-109 Tomahawk on United States Navy surface combatants by way of the MK-143 Armored Box Launcher. The MK-143 enabled vessels such as the Iowa Class Battleships and Spruance Class Destroyers to launch the BGM-109.
The images suggest that the DH-10 would be installed in the same way as the YJ-62 or YJ-83 anti-ship missiles. This is advantageous for the current generation of China Navy surface combatants, giving designs such as the 052C land attack capability with minimal structural modification. However, the downside is that the arrangement would sacrifice anti-ship capabilities by substituting the YJ-62 or YJ-83 systems with DH-10 launchers. It also means that only a maximum of eight missiles can be carried and that is assuming the launch canisters can be stacked on top of one another.
In spite of its disadvantages and simplicity compared to the deployment of vertically launched LACMs by other navies, the adoption of a naval variant of the DH-10 is a considerable capability leap for Beijing. This development would enable China to complete its “cruise missile triad”, complementing the already in-service land-based system and the air-launched variant, the CJ-10. Missiles launched from land-based platforms are restricted to striking targets around China’s periphery, not so dissimilar to the range limitations faced by the Second Artillery Force’s inventory of conventional ballistic missiles. Missiles launched from the air force’s H-6 bombers provide more operational flexibility and reach for China’s cruise missiles, similar to the way in which the United States Air Force deploys cruise missiles from its bomber fleet. However, without aerial refueling capability and heavy fighter protection, the H-6 is an aircraft restricted to limited regional operations. The bomber’s obsolete design, slow speed and its vulnerability to interception are weighing heavily against its potential strategic roles.
The China Navy, on the other hand, is the only branch of the Chinese military capable of projecting limited power far beyond China’s shores. While it is debatable whether the China Navy would seek the same sort of global reach as the United States Navy, the possession of ship-launched LACMs would essentially enable Chinese warships to conduct long range precision attacks against land targets around the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The implications are strategic locations that were traditionally distance away from China mainland could now be potentially brought within the firing range of DH-10 armed vessels.
The fact that DH-10 is mounted on a test vessel that has yet sail suggests that it is still very early its development cycle. If the rumored Type 052D destroyer, the successor of the 052C that is reportedly under construction is mounted with DH-10, then a universal vertical launch system for Chinese armed forces is a reality.
It would also be interesting to monitor the future development of an undersea DH-10 systems as arming Beijing’s fleet of conventional and nuclear attack submarines with submarine-launched DH-10 missiles will have far reaching implications.
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