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![China Russia Navy 2014 Joint Sea Drill](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/FRPV7GSO3ZY6ZGOCBXEOKU3E74.jpg?quality=85&w=2048)
![3D Virtual Reality Headset on a Chinese Pilot in Training](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/7DJGLZTABBUNKUPFF2CQSAMQ7M.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
3D virtual reality sets aren’t just part of the Facebook empire; the Chinese have found them a cheap, easy and effective tool to increase pilot teamwork before jumping into the cockpit.
3D VR Piloting
![China Supercomputer Tianhe 2](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/LBFMDLIFIYPTVTAELCUH7U3VKU.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
China has the world’s fastest supercomputer, it’s also been completed on time and on budget, not to mention being available for public use (sort of).
Tianhe 2
In May 2014, the Chinese and Russian navies took over a huge section of the air and waters of the East China Sea in their most complex bilateral exercises, with plenty of serious firepower to spare.
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At RIMPAC 2014, a group of Chinese Marines stormed an American Aegis warship, while USN commandos were quick to retaliate by boarding a Chinese frigate (all part of anti-piracy and anti-proliferation drills).
RIMPAC 2014
![China 055 Destroyer Cruiser](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/VL2CHOF4JZRMQR6YUCPFDWZKOE.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
The Type 055 destroyers, when it enters into service in 2019, will be Asia’s largest surface warship. Right now, a test rig in Wuhan is being built to test the 055’s futuristic sensors and electronics 055 Test Rig
![Russia Tank Biathalon Dance](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/5YR2MWSE4GEY32CIHA26F26X54.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
Meet the ZTZ-96, the tank that China sent to the 2014 Tank Biathalon, the Olympics for tanks (but it’s not China’s deadliest tank).
2014 Tank Biathalon
![China Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Research](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/LFBNXTLIOKS2MTVPFW522QWLMM.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
When it comes to hypersonic weapons, missiles and aircraft that fly over five times the speed of sound, Chinese research is reaching critical mass.
![China Robot Big Dog](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/XNO7TFJZPFSS3BQ2IMWCHX7OGQ.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
Chinese engineers are building the a quadruped robot to follow Chinese soldiers into battle, just like the U.S. Army’s Big Dog (“Da Gou” is Chinese for Big Dog).
Da Gou
![China exoskeleton on a Chinese soldier](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/QTDP4QM3DOD6WFCY2EVMDRJBZU.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
While stealth fighters and cargo planes were the stars of the 2014 Zhuhai Air Show, China showed its exoskeleton prototype to the world.
Exoskeleton
![China J-20 Stealth Fighter 2015 aircraft in flight](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/MTTHCXC4QNVO6CHT22ZKBESMOM.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
With the sixth flying J-20 stealth fighter rolling out in December 2014, China is well on its way to have Asia’s first operational 5th generation fighter in 2016.
6th J-20
![China Laser Space](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/18/LNMV2ZJ64IWJFBE4LR5K77CAZQ.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
Relax, this Chinese space laser isn’t the start of World War III; it’s part of an international plan to further the cause of space science. Superlaser