China Wants to Establish its Own 'DARPA'
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 26/07/2017
http://eng.mod.gov.cn/focus/2017-07/25/content_4786715.htm
China’s military has set up a new department modeled on the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop advanced weapons such as stealth aircraft and electromagnetic cannons.
The Scientific Research Steering Committee was set up early this year, according to a documentary aired on state broadcaster CCTV that revealed the new department for the first time. The committee will fall directly under the Central Military Commission (CMC), which is chaired by President Xi Jinping.
State media reported that the J-20, China’s first stealth fighter, went into service with the PLA Air Force in March. Also in March, CCTV reported that leading naval engineer Rear Admiral Ma Weiming was developing a new integrated electrical propulsion system (IEPS) for PLA warships.
Ma said the IEPS was aimed at solving the problem of deploying high-energy radio-frequency (HERF) weapons on ships. HERF weapons use directed energy to damage digital equipment such as computers, and could be used in anti-missile systems. China, the US, Russia and India are developing such weapons.
[Source: South China Morning Post]
http://eng.mod.gov.cn/focus/2017-07/25/content_4786715.htm
China’s military has set up a new department modeled on the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop advanced weapons such as stealth aircraft and electromagnetic cannons.
The Scientific Research Steering Committee was set up early this year, according to a documentary aired on state broadcaster CCTV that revealed the new department for the first time. The committee will fall directly under the Central Military Commission (CMC), which is chaired by President Xi Jinping.
State media reported that the J-20, China’s first stealth fighter, went into service with the PLA Air Force in March. Also in March, CCTV reported that leading naval engineer Rear Admiral Ma Weiming was developing a new integrated electrical propulsion system (IEPS) for PLA warships.
Ma said the IEPS was aimed at solving the problem of deploying high-energy radio-frequency (HERF) weapons on ships. HERF weapons use directed energy to damage digital equipment such as computers, and could be used in anti-missile systems. China, the US, Russia and India are developing such weapons.
[Source: South China Morning Post]
