YANG Wei 杨伟

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China's First Master Designer. Strategy Page, July 5, 2011
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20110705.aspx
(Yang designed J-10B, FC-1/JF-17 and J-20; "He had nothing to do with the original J-10, the first modern jet fighter designed and built in China. That appears to explain the many problems this aircraft has had.")

Note: McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle
(F-15C[:] Improved single-seat all-weather air-superiority fighter version, 483 built 1979–1985)


--------------------------------------Separately
(1) India Flies With Mk-54 Torpedoes. Strategy Page, July 8, 2011
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20110708.aspx

Quote:

"The [glide] kit allows a torpedo to be released at 6,300 meters (20,000 feet), which is outside the range of submarine launched anti-aircraft missiles, and glide, for 10-15 kilometers, down to about 100 meters (300 feet) altitude, where the glide kit would be jettisoned, and the torpedo would enter the water and seek out the sub.

"Many subs have sensors that are sensitive enough to detect low flying helicopters (the main target for the subs anti-aircraft missiles) and aircraft.

Note:
(a) Mk in torpedoes is short for "mark."
(b) The article comments, "The P-8s are jet powered."  Lockheed P-3 Orion is powered by propellers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion

(Taiwan is to start receiving 12 refurbished P-3Cs next year. For anti-submarine warfare (ASW), Taiwan had twelve 500MD/ASW helicopters--Taiwan's first dedicated to ASW--in 1980 and 27 S-2T in 1999.)

McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD_500_Defender

Grumman S-2 Tracker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker
(section 2.8 Taiwan)

(2) Bulava Triumphant. Strategy Page, July 5, 2011.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20110705.aspx

Quote:

"It was only near the end of the Cold War that Russia finally mastered the solid fuel rocket construction techniques.

"Bulava is basically a navalized version of the successful Topol-M land based ICBM. The reliability of the Topol is the primary reason the Russians moved forward with Bulava

"Russian doubts about Bulava are consistent with long time problems with their submarine launched ballistic missiles. These problems were largely kept secret during the Cold War, but since then, more information has emerged.

Note:
(a) Borei class submarine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borei_class_submarine
(sometimes transliterated as Borey, also known as the Dolgorukiy class after the name of the lead vessel, the Yuriy Dolgorukiy; a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine; intended to replace the Delta III, Delta IV and Typhoon classes now in Russian Navy service; named after Boreas, the North wind; none is commissioned)
(b) Topol-M is in service since 1997, where topol is Russian for "white poplar." Wikipedia
(c) The article stated, "The American missiles had had a 13 percent (out of 23 tests of the Trident I) and two percent (49 tests of Trident II) failure rate" in trial stage.

Trident 1/C4/UGM-96 and Trident II/D5/UGM-133 are in service 1979-2001 and 1990-present, respectively.
(d) The "bull" in "to bull ahead" is an intransitive verb that means "to advance forcefully."
www.m-w.com

(3) Hsieh Chia-chen and Sofia Wu, Taiwan recognizes new nation of South Sudan. Central News Agency, July 9, 2011.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201107090027

(4) Latest news first.
(a) 帕内塔:美摧毁基地组织为期不远. VOA Chinese, July 9, 2011.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20110709-Afghanistan-125264244.html
(b) Mark Landler and Helene Cooper, Qaeda Woes Fuel Talk of Speeding Afghan Pullback. New York Times, June 19, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/world/asia/19policy.html?_r=1&scp=10&sq=al%20qaeda%20&st=cse

My comment: Read the first three paragraphs only.
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