China's Defense/Military Breaking News Thread

[Phoenix_Rising]

They forgot to post photos from that test after such a long article

A two sentence long express news……

 

[Phoenix_Rising]

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Another successful anti-ballesic missile missile test! Is this a direct retaliation to the US for deploying THAAD in South Korea?

Here is the English version:

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It took me more than half an hour to find it out. The Search Engine on the official website simply doesn't function!

 

[xiabonan]

A typhoon is moving through mainland China as we speak. CNN simply choose to ignore the typhoon to explain for the increase in delays.

It's not because of that. At least not directly.

There's a massive PLAAF exercise going on right now.

 

[LesAdieux]

the US says China has tested anti-satellite missile

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Another successful anti-ballesic missile missile test! Is this a direct retaliation to the US for deploying THAAD in South Korea?

state dept. spokeswoman marie harf said the "non-destructive" test (what does that mean?) occurred wednesday.

 

[TerraN_EmpirE]

Non destructive test
1) A simulated launch
2) a launch with no target

 

[LesAdieux]

Non destructive test
1) A simulated launch
2) a launch with no target

thanks. I think it's no. 2

 

[LesAdieux]

In Memory of the first Sino-japanese war, China starts massive military exercise

I've seen a few stories on this. Apparently some large military exercise going on involving most of China's coast.

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this could be the largest ever, it involves most of the PLA navy and PLAAF across half of China. the extensive delay and cancellation all around China have caused big trouble for travelers. it's going to last for 25 days.

 

[LesAdieux]

In Memory of the first Sino-japanese war, China starts massive military exercise

I've seen a few stories on this. Apparently some large military exercise going on involving most of China's coast.

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this could be the largest ever, it involves most of the PLA navy and PLAAF across half of China. the extensive delay and cancellation all around China have caused big trouble for travelers. it's going to last for 25 days.

 

[Blackstone]

Bloomberg news has an article from PLA Daily on Xi Jinping telling the army to ditch flashy medals and award soldiers for combat and hardship duties instead.

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In the runup to the 84th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army on Aug. 1, 2011, then party secretary and top military chief Hu Jintao authorized a slew of new, fancy-sounding medals to pump up the egos of China’s top army brass.

“Heroic model,” “national defense on service,” “keeper of the frontier,” “emissary of peace,” and “great mission” were just a few of the new military medals rolled out to celebrate People’s Liberation Army Day that year, the People’s Daily reported at the time. “Medals and certificate for first, second and third class merits were also redesigned and will be later on distributed successively to the army,” the Communist Party’s official paper said in July 2011.

Now new top leader Xi Jinping wants China to play a more assertive role and he needs a strong and professional military for that. But first he has to crack down on China’s armed forces, widely seen as poorly trained, soft, and often corrupt.

The latest effort to whip the army into shape: China’s first-ever regulations restricting the rampant issue of new military awards will take effect on Aug. 1, the Xinhua News Agency announced today.

“The rules stipulate that the number of awards and commendations should be controlled and awarded based on improvement of combat abilities,” according to China’s official news service. “More awards and commendations should be offered to combat troops, major operations and troops serving in remote areas or places where life is difficult,” it explained, adding that public complaints about the excessive awarding of military honors were one reason for the new regulations.

As part of a larger crackdown on official corruption, this month authorities expelled top general Xu Caihou from the party on suspicion of bribery. “The PLA must not harbor any corrupt members. The PLA must be absolutely loyal, clean and reliable,” said an editorial in the PLA Daily on July 1.

 

[cyan1320]

China Advances on Missile Defense, With Eye on Dissuading Rivals

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