Sentence examples for a second modernization from inspiring English sources

In 2003, Sukhoi embarked on a second modernization of the Su-27 to produce what the company calls a 4++ generation fighter that would bridge the gap between legacy fighters and the upcoming fifth generation Sukhoi PAK FA.

The project's aim was to undertake a second modernization of the Su-27 airframe (hence its classification as a "4++ generation fighter") by incorporating several characteristics that would be implemented on the PAK FA.

A first modernization move by the Dalai Lama came in March.

Eleven years later, Wei's call for a "fifth modernization" again became a rallying cry for Chinese students and other democracy protesters in Tian An Men Square.

The former electrician ignited the 1978-1981 movement for political reforms in China with a Dec. 5, 1978, wallposter calling for democracy as a "fifth modernization". The appeal was a direct slap at leader Deng Xiaoping's program of four modernizations to improve China.

She briefly operated in Chinese waters in early 1939 before the second phase of her second modernization began on 12 December 1940.

Fusō began the first phase of her second modernization on 26 February 1937, and Captain Hiroaki Abe assumed command on 1 December.

Fusōs ability to operate her aircraft was greatly improved during the second phase of her second modernization in 1940 41 when the aircraft handling equipment was moved to the stern and a new catapult was installed.

The improvements made during the first reconstruction increased Fusōs draft by 1 m, soaking the two foremost six-inch guns, so they were removed during the first phase of the ship's second modernization in 1937 and 1938.

In December 1978, the Fifth Modernization, a proposed liberalization of the political system to go with China's other moves toward modernity, was posted on Beijing's Democracy Wall — and its author was handed a 15-year prison sentence.

During the first phase of her first modernization, a catapult was fitted on the roof of Turret No. 3 and the ship was equipped to operate three floatplanes, although no hangar was provided.