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PLA practices drone-guided beyond-visual-range helicopter attack Liu Xuanzun Published: May 12, 2021 07:41 PM Attack helicopters attached to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command sit in formation on the parking apron during a flight training exercise in April 19,2021. Photo:China Military The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted a live-fire exercise in which reconnaissance drones guided helicopters in missile attacks on maritime targets beyond visual range, a technique that can boost combat efficiency, bring up the maximum potential of missiles a...

China's new amphibious assault ship to carry multi-type helicopters, 'enters world-class' ranks Liu Xuanzun Published: Apr 27, 2021 08:05 PM The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy commissions its first Type 075 amphibious assault ship at a naval base in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province on April 23, 2021. The vessel is named the Hainan and has been given the hull number 31. Photo: Screenshot from China Central Television  The newly commissioned amphibious assault ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will carry multiple types of helicopters including those for assaul...

How China Is Closing the Submarine Gap With the U.S. Navy A somewhat subtle, but nonetheless, important signal of that intention is the PLAN’s fielding of its very first large-size unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), the HSU001. Here's What You Need to Remember: The robot submarine (and unmanned surface ship) era is now nearly upon us. Chinese naval strategist have, moreover, stated explicitly that they intend to circumvent their long-recognized weakness in submarine warfare by cultivating undersea AI and by developing highly capable UUVs. The Achilles Heel of the Chinese Navy has long be...

by Tyler Durden China's prominent English-language state media mouthpiece Global Times on Friday published a fiery editorial which conveys the mood in Beijing at a moment of unprecedented ratcheting tensions surrounding Taiwan. If China chooses to invade the breakaway democratic island, then Taiwan's military "won't stand a chance" it said. The article further attacked Taiwan's pro-independence movement and its external backers, saying the people of Taiwan are currently  "dashing into a war that they cannot win." At the moment China's PLA military is flexing as both a warning to Taipei an...

» Taiwan warns it will fight to 'the very last day' if attacked as China steps up its military activity nearby Taiwan warns it will fight to 'the very last day' if attacked as China steps up its military activity nearby Ryan PickrellApr 8, 2021, 07:29 IST US-made CM-11 tanks (in background) are fired in front of two 8-inch self-propelled artillery guns during the 35th "Han Kuang" (Han Glory) military drill in southern Taiwan's Pingtung county on May 30, 2019SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images Taiwan's foreign minister said the self-ruled island will fight to the end in a war with China. His comment...