Strategic bombers remain “irreplaceable” for China’s military – even as it makes progress with sixth-generation fighters and long-range missiles – given their role in global strikes and nuclear deterrence, analysts say. They pointed to the American B-2 stealth bombers that hit Iran’s three nuclear sites on Saturday, dropping bunker-buster bombs directly over the facilities before…
The People’s Liberation Army is using DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence (AI) for non-combat support functions, according to Chinese media reports. Analysts expect the AI models to find imminent application in battlefield intelligence surveillance and decision-making by the Chinese military. DeepSeek’s open-source large language models (LLMs), which have drawn global attention and praise, are being used in…
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has achieved major progress in modernising its training programme, as it seeks to boost combat readiness in modern warfare scenarios, according to the Chinese military’s official newspaper. “The transformation and upgrading of our military training has taken a significant step forward, as [we] explore and implement a new model for…