Aviation
President Biden has decided to send yet another round of military weapon package worth a staggering US$800 million to Ukraine. Since Russia’s invasion two months ago, the United States has splashed US$3.4 billion in weapons. In fact, the latest military aid is the eighth installment, and we haven’t talked about similar assistance from the European […]
... written on Apr 24 2022About a week since the U.S. Navy embarrassingly lost an F-35C Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter in the South China Sea, all the efforts to recover the jet is still ongoing. The most advanced jet, which crashed into the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on January 24 and then fell into the water, […]
... written on Feb 02 2022XAG (formerly known as XAircraft), a Guangzhou-based manufacturer of agricultural drones, is sending robots and drones to rice, wheat and cotton fields to do something unimaginable by aging farmers – automating seeding, pesticide spraying and weather monitoring. Last month, it launched V40 and P40 Agricultural Drone that can conduct mapping, spraying, and broadcast on the […]
... written on Dec 15 2021Satellite images released by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a US-based think tank, show that the construction of China’s third aircraft carrier is almost completed. It is estimated that the carrier – Type 003 – will be ready in 3 to 6 months. The images reveal that the installation of the carrier’s […]
... written on Nov 11 2021For more than a year, China has been sending military aircraft – fighter jets, bombers and anti-submarine aircraft – into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). Initially, it started with just a handful of warplanes and slowly increased to a dozen. But over the last few days, the number of military planes sent has definitely […]
... written on Oct 05 2021A military drone that can cruise for 20 hours at 15,000 metres (50,000 feet) was among some missiles, warplanes and military technology shown in public at China’s biggest air show – Airshow China 2021 – on Tuesday in Zhuhai. The developer, Aerospace CH UAV Co., described the CH-6 drone as high performance, reliable, ease to […]
... written on Sep 30 2021Since 2001, the United States has spent US$2.26 trillion in Afghanistan, according to Brown University’s calculations in its “Costs of War Project”. Nearly US$1 trillion – the biggest chunk – was spent on Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget. Basically, OCO was special funding created after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 for overseas war […]
... written on Aug 21 2021Using electro-magnetic force, a maglev train “levitates” above the track with no contact between body and rail. The term “maglev” itself is derived from “magnetic levitation”. Some engineers called it the floating trains. These trains basically float over guideways using the basic principles of magnets to replace the old steel wheel and track trains. […]
... written on Jul 20 2021On the eve of a nationwide second full-scale lockdown, China has deliberately sent not one, not two, but sixteen Xi’an Y-20 and Ilyushin Il-76 military aircraft into Malaysian air space near the East Malaysia state of Sarawak. Coincidentally, the next day (June 1), King Sultan Abdullah of Pahang conveyed greetings to the Royal Malaysian Air […]
... written on Jun 02 2021Someone should congratulate the power-hungry Muhyiddin regime for breaking another new Covid record today – 6,806 cases and 59 deaths – after yesterday’s 6,075 infections. Thanks to his coup to seize power, leading to the Sabah state election last September, the third wave of Coronavirus pandemic is still spreading like wildfire with the possibility of […]
... written on May 20 2021
