BBC.Chinese, May 1, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2011/05/110501_libya_nato.shtml
("利比亚政府的一位发言人此前表示，卡扎菲最小的儿子赛义夫·阿拉伯在北约对的黎
波里的最新一轮空袭中丧生，同时被炸死的还有卡扎菲的三个孙子")
My comment:
(a) Saif al-Arab al-Gaddafi (literally Sword of the Arabs; of the Gaddafa;
1982 – 30 April 2011; the sixth son of Libyan leader)
Wikipedia
(b) Chiu Yu-Tzu, Taiwan and Libya to revitalize links. Taipei Times, Jan 19,
2011
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/01/19/2003289648
(Chen met Saif in the capacity of his father's envoy on Jan 18 at Tripoli,
when Chen, snubbed by the Bush administration over visa, flew westward and
made several unexpected stop-overs along the way to and from Latin America)
Note:
(a) Sky Spear
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Spear
(Tien Chi 天戟)
(b) Tungyin Island 馬祖 東引鄉 (see the maps in
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsu_Islands
)
(2) This Is Going To Piss Off The Russians
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlog/articles/20110501.aspx
("India is seeking new sources of spare parts for its vast array of Russian military equipment. Any reputable supplier can bid, as long as they aren't Russian")
(3) South Korea Tries Out Helicopter UAVs
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htairfo/articles/20110429.aspx
Note:
(a) Schiebel Camcopter S-100
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiebel_Camcopter_S-100
(b) AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_RQ-11_Raven
(c) Boeing A160 Hummingbird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_A160_Hummingbird
(A follow-up turboshaft-powered version, the A160T, was first flown on June 15, 2007; its predecessor was on a 6-cylinder gasoline-powered piston engine
(d) Boeing ScanEagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_ScanEagle
(d) Boeing SolarEagle
http://www.boeing.com/bds/mediakit/2010/afasept/pdf/Bkgd_SolarEagle_0910.pdf
(e) Bat Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Northrop Grumman, undated.
http://www.as.northropgrumman.com/products/batuas/gallery.html
(4) Shi Lang Headed For Service
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htnavai/articles/20110429.aspx
("Russia tried to develop a catapult launch system, but failed, and instead went with the "ski jump" system seen on the Kuznetsov and Shi Lang")
My comment: By contrast,
Douglas H Paal, The Chinese Are Coming! The Diplomat, May 1, 2011 (blog)
http://the-diplomat.com/2011/05/01/the-chinese-are-coming/
("Senior US naval officers and many of their colleagues in Asian navies regard the carrier as a manageable threat even if Beijing can learn how to deploy it. Indeed, some joke that they hope China will acquire five more battle groups and waste even more money that could go into other, more threatening systems")
Mr Paal was the director of American Institute in Taiwan under President George W Bush. Then Pres Chen Shui-bian refused to talk to him due to bad blood.
There is no need to read the rest of this article.
--