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PLA aims to roam the world ANI 25 May 2021, 14:37 GMT+10 Hong Kong, May 25 (ANI): The year 2008 was a seminal one for the Chinese military, as in December the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) dispatched a naval task force to the Gulf of Aden on what has turned out to be continuous presence. It was a watershed, as China proceeded to establish the first overseas military base in Djibouti and to begin roaming far more widely across the worlds oceans. Indeed, the PLA, at the behest of the Chines...

defenceWeb Written by Guy Martin - A T5-52 firing a 155 mm artillery round. The South African defence industry has not been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic like the aerospace sector has and could double exports within 12 to 18 months, according to the Aerospace and Defence Masterplan. The document, published at the end of 2020, states that it is clear that – unlike commercial aeronautics and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), which have been highly constrained by the impact of COVID-1...

USS America (LHA 6) found an inventive way to do it. For the Navy’s only forward-deployed amphibious ready group (ARG), the best way to save time, money and resources was to think outside the box: instead of sending Sailors to school in the continental U.S., America brought the school to the Sailors. “Overcoming layered challenges is part and parcel of being a forward-deployed naval force. It’s what we do, and that’s just what we’ve done here,” said Capt. Greg Baker, Amphibious Squa...

In this week’s edition, on the continent, Egypt unveils the Temsah 4 Armoured Personnel Carrier, Senegal is to receive more Epsilon trainers from France, PTDI is preparing to deliver another CN235 to Senegal, and experts look at maritime security in the Cabo Delgado region. In SANDF news, a junior infantry officer is the first South African to complete a Pakistani course, and COVID-19 delays the new Air Force Base Durban build. In company news, the Special Defence Account cut means fewer proj...