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The PLA Navy’s ZHANLAN Training Series in 2021: Growing Emphasis on Joint Operations on the High Seas May 7, 2021 02:43 PM Age: 1 day Image: A naval formation underway during the 2021 ZHANLAN exercises with AOR-967, LPD-978, and AGI-857 visible (Source: China Military Online). Introduction As part of its broader effort to develop a distant seas capability, China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) held an annual Southern Theater Command (STC) far seas training exercise from late January to late February 2021. This event is likely the 2021 iteration of the ZHANLAN (湛蓝) series ...

Second every 30,000 years. this program is aimed at building a clock that wouldn't lose a second for a billion years. >> i don't care what you say, mine says they should have gone three minutes ago, so send them. >> synchronizing time has always been vital for soldiers, but now, it's more important than ever. >> you've got all of these high speed aircraft, precision guided ammunitio ammunitions, cameras and sensors and radars that are all operating simultaneously. you have to view that much more precisely. >> so, if gps goes down, troops will face new dangers. >> if you were to lose a couple o...

Important than ever. >> we've got all of these high-speed aircraft, precision guided munitions, cameras, radars, sensors operating simultaneously. you need that synchronization much more precisely. >> reporter: so if gps goes down, troops will face more dangers. >> lose a couple billions of a second, positioning gets often by about a meter. you lose a few more billions of a second, you're starting to get off by several meters. >> reporter: and your life won't be so smooth either. gps time is in everything from power grids to your cell phone, to the atm you use to get cash. without precision ti...

This program is aimed at building a clock that wouldn't lose a second for a billion years. >> i don't care what your watch is saying. my says they should have gone three minutes ago. >> reporter: synchronizing time has always been vital for soldiers but now it's more important than ever. >> you've got all of these high-speed aircraft, you have precision-guided ammunitions, cameraing and sensors and radars all operating simultaneously. you have to do that skroinkization much more prec e precise precisely. >> reporter: so if gps goes down, troops will face new dangers. >> if you were to lose a c...