Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2006 he was a macroeconomics, politics and aerospace journalist with Reuters. Perrett holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Macquarie University, Sydney. He left Aviation Week in 2020.
Due to a typographical error, a May 26 story incorrectly characterized a proposed radar sale by Raytheon. The company is offering a radar to South Korea.
CHINA AIR: President Hu Jintao has urged the Chinese air force “to constantly improve its ability to win local wars, as well as accomplish diversified military tasks.” China should have “a powerful air force to meet the demands of the People’s Liberation Army for missions in the 21st century,” he adds. There were no details on how that would be achieved. In their prepared speeches and articles, Chinese leaders often express aspirations without mentioning concrete plans.
The South Korean defense ministry is assessing bids from Thales, Raytheon and Elta to supply radars for the country’s nascent ballistic-missile defense system.
