NOTE: I had posted satellite pictures of all the bases twice, but they don’t seem to be visible for some reason. Seems like some bug and don’t have enough energy to do it again. There has been some noise about new Chinese military bases overseas. As with most thing China related, reliable information is hard […]
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A quick look at Bingtuan, Chinese Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC)
Even a lot of experienced China watchers are mostly unaware of Bingtuan, the Chinese Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC). This article is a short introduction to this enigmatic organisation which rules over the only muslim majority region in China with an iron fist. I am still working on the detailed unit structure and geographic locations […]
Theaterisation of Indian Military
Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 10: Fuel
This is a list of Chinese assets related to their oil infrastructure. The table below contains locations of military and some civilian oil & storage sites, refineries and a few more. As with other posts in this series, this is a work in progress and more details will be added in time. Raw data is […]
Chinese Armed Forces ORBAT Part 9: All airfields
Data in this post has some overlap with Part 5 of this series which covers PLA Air Force. But that data is a bit old by now. This post has list of all known airfields (680+) in China which include civilian airports, military air-bases of all arms, heliports, helipads, seaplane bases and some closed installations […]
Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 8: Army Regiments & Badges
Following is a list of known Pakistani Army’s infantry and support regiments and their locations between 2020-22. Many known regiments are not listed here as I have no information about them. There are many missing fields in the table too and I may update it in future. Gallery below the table contains badges of some […]
Military Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Tutorial
Information will be added in due time.
Pakistani Armed Forces ORBAT, Part 7: Air Force
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has grappled with various issues over the last 2-3 decades mostly due to lack of funding and sanctions. Yet it has kept a reasonably good inventory of aircraft and munitions through extensive efforts of sourcing second hand air frames, spares and overhauls. Even with sporadic sanctions, American F-16s have been their […]