February 2008 - China Special Weapons News |
- China set to carry out first spacewalk in 2008 RIA Novosti 28 Feb 2008 -- China is to carry out its first spacewalk in the second half of 2008, when a Chinese astronaut will step out into open space from the Shenzhou-7 spacecraft, the Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
- China copies Su-27 fighter, may compete with Russia - paper RIA Novosti 21 Feb 2008 -- China has built a domestic copy of the famed Su-27 Flanker fighter and may compete with Russia on third-party markets if it sets up the full-scale production of the plane, a Russian daily said on Thursday.
- China Says US Plan to Shoot Down Satellite May Harm Security VOA 17 Feb 2008 -- China says it is concerned that U.S. plans to shoot down a malfunctioning spy satellite could undermine the security situation in space.
- Defense Employee, Two Others Charged With Passing Secrets to China AFPS 11 Feb 2008 -- A Defense Department employee was among three people arrested today for espionage after allegedly passing classified U.S. government documents and information to the People’s Republic of China, Justice Department officials announced.
- US Makes 4 Arrests in Chinese Espionage Cases VOA 11 Feb 2008 -- The U.S. Justice Department has announced arrests in two cases involving Chinese espionage, one of which involved secrets related to America's space shuttle program
- Moscow to present Sino-Russian space arms race control initiative RIA Novosti 11 Feb 2008 -- Russia will submit to a UN disarmament conference a joint Sino-Russian proposal for an international treaty to ban the deployment of weapons in outer space.
