China has released more details after adding Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Missiles & Defense – two US arm suppliers to its Taiwan region - into its Unreliable Entity List earlier this year, said the Ministry of Commerce in an online statement on late Tuesday.

商务部周二晚些时候在一份在线声明中表示，今年早些时候，中国将台湾地区的两家美国军火供应商洛克希德·马丁公司和雷神导弹与防务公司列入不可靠实体名单，之后中国公布了更多细节。

China, on February 16, banned senior executives of the two US companies including James Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, and Wesley Kremer, president of Raytheon Missiles & Defense from entering, working, staying or residing in the country.

2月16日，中国禁止包括洛克希德·马丁公司董事长、总裁兼首席执行官詹姆斯·泰克莱特和雷神导弹与国防公司总裁韦斯利·克雷默在内的两家美国公司的高管进入、工作、停留或居住。

The YLC-16 multifunctional S-band radar system incorporates an all-digital, full-solid active phased array, advanced chips and other state-of-the-art technologies and is capable of detecting and tracking stealth aircraft, helicopters, drones, cruise missiles and loitering munitions, said Tang Ji, a manager at the CETC 14th Institute in Nanjing, Jiangsu province.

江苏省南京市中电科第十四研究所经理唐骥表示，YLC-16多功能S波段雷达系统融合了全数字、全固态有源相控阵、先进芯片和其他最先进的技术，能够探测和跟踪隐形飞机、直升机、无人机、巡航导弹和游荡弹药。

Equipped with modern radar and fire-control systems, it is capable of staying airborne for three hours in a single operation and can carry as much as 3 tons of missiles, rockets or bombs.

In the past several years, they sold advanced trainer jets to Zambia, modern tanks to Thailand and Nigeria, ballistic missiles to Qatar, as well as powerful frigates and submarines to Pakistan.

Despite a flurry of delegates dashing in golf carts between parked jetliners, missiles and spy planes, this year's gathering appeared relatively subdued, with a profit warning from Lufthansa adding to trade tensions and slowing economies.

This has been partly blamed on a boycott on Korean goods by Chinese shoppers over last year's THAAD missile controversy.

As COO, Bregier will also have oversight of a wider portfolio that includes helicopters, missiles, satellites and defense electronics, and will lead a group-wide digitalization initiative known as Quantum.

For China's military forces, TISCO's materials have proved essential in making Dongfeng missile shells and the latest series of destroyers.

The "standard configuration" of the Wing-Loong II covers a wide range of advanced equipment such as synthetic aperture radar, laser-guided missiles and GPS-guided bombs.

China opposes the United States placing Chinese enterprises and individuals on its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List for allegedly supporting Iran's ballistic missile programs, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

The comment came after the US Treasury Department recently sanctioned certain Chinese individuals and entities, accusing them to be in connection with Iran's missile and military programs.

The two companies - Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Missiles & Defense - have repeatedly conducted weapon sales to China's Taiwan region in disregard of the country's strong opposition in recent years, severely undermining China's national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity, a ministry spokesperson said in an online statement.

China has decided to add two United States defense companies - Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Missiles & Defense - to its Unreliable Entity List in response to their involvement in arms sales to Taiwan island, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Missiles will not be allowed to invest within China and they will be fined an amount equivalent to twice the value of their contracts related to the sale of arms to Taiwan island since the implementation of China's Unreliable Entity List rules.

Since the 1990s, China has formulated six regulations on export control, covering areas including biological, chemical, missiles and other military items to fulfill certain international obligations.

Fulfilling its due responsibilities as a major country, China firmly upholds the authority and efficacy of relevant international treaties, strictly complies with its international obligations and honors its commitments on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, missiles and military products, and safeguards international and regional peace and stability.

China also values dialogues and exchanges with the Missile Technology Control Regime, the Wassenaar Arrangement and the Australia Group.

Since the late 1990s, China has formulated six regulations on export control, covering areas including biological, chemical, missiles and other military items to fulfill certain international obligations, said Gao.

A group of 17 metallic elements that have distinctive properties such as electrical conductivity and magnetism, rare earths are used in a wide variety of applications, ranging from cellphone batteries, computers, wind turbines and televisions, to fiber optics and missiles, and are widely considered important strategic resources.

"It is capable of fulfilling a wide range of missions that other Chinese helicopters have difficulties executing, including anti-submarine and anti-ship combat, signal relay for ship-launched missile and special assault," Cui said.

The metals are used in a wide variety of applications, including cellphone batteries, computers, wind turbines, televisions, fiber optics and missiles.

The 10,000-ton destroyer, often regarded as cruiser by foreign observers, carries more than 100 vertical launch cells capable of firing land-attack, air-defense, missile-intercepting, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles.

We are a sensible couple, so there was no big marital discord, just a bit of friendly throwing of spongy missiles at each other over the unfairness of it all; but, may I wink and ask: can we be really sure if e-commerce platforms' tricks wouldn't rock relationships one day in the future?

Just like he did nine years earlier on his return to China, Sun gave up the more familiar field of guided missiles, his domain of expertise, for shouldering the responsibility of satellite research.

Gold prices extended their climb into a third session in a row as US President Donald Trump said "all options are on the table" after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a missile that flew over Japan.

Japan said the DPRK fired on Tuesday morning a missile which fell into the Pacific Ocean after passing over the Japanese archipelago.

The DPRK missile launch fed new geopolitical tensions and prompted investors to seek out haven assets such as gold.