Chinese navy’s combat software guru Zhao Xiaozhe disappears from academy website

Vice Admiral Zhao Xiaozhe, a prominent Chinese naval software expert instrumental in developing systems for warships to process battlefield information and support combat decisions, has disappeared from the Chinese Academy of Engineering's online membership list. Zhao, 63, previously led the Central Military Commission's top science and technology body, influencing research priorities for China's armed forces. His removal follows the unexplained disappearance of other prominent defense experts from the academy's website, including a nuclear weapons scientist, a radar specialist, and a missile designer, as reported in March. The reasons for these disappearances are not stated in the article.