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Chinese PLA military band performs at SCO Military Tattoo VI​

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SourceEditorWang Xinjuan Time2022-09-01 18:35:04


By Zhou Mao, Liu Jingsong and Zhang Qiang

BEIJING, Sept. 1 -- "Fanfare for Peace - Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Military Tattoo VI" was held in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan recently. The military band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), together with counterparts from Uzbekistan, Russia, India, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Belarus and other countries, presented a wonderful audio-visual feast for more than 7,000 local audiences.
During the military tattoo, the PLA military band performed 19 famous Chinese and foreign songs, in the form of special concert and parade performance.
The PLA military band performs at the 6th "Fanfare for Peace" SCO Military Tattoo VI held in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan.
"The PLA military band is highly disciplined and its performance is unparalleled. We enjoy it very much," said an Uzbek representative after the show.
The "Fanfare for Peace" SCO military tattoo was initiated in 2014 and has been held for six sessions so far. It has become an important cultural label of the SCO and a friendship bridge connecting the member states.


There is a video of the band playing a remix of March of Steel Torrent at the link provided that I couldn't embed here.

9th Chinese peacekeeping force to Mali returns home​

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SourceEditorLi Wei Time2022-08-30 19:00:28

By Sun Xiaoshun and Wang Hongyang

URUMQI, Aug. 30 -- The first echelon's 200 peacekeepers of China's 9th peacekeeping force to Mali have returned to China after completing their one-year peacekeeping mission in Mali. Two transport aircraft Y-20 carrying the 200 Chinese peacekeepers arrived at the Urumqi Diwopu International Airportin in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on the evening of August 28.
The 9th Chinese peacekeeping force to Mali consists of a guard contingent, an engineering contingent and a medical contingent. The total of 413 peacekeepers of the three contingents were all awarded the United Nations Peace Medal of Honor on July 28 by the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) before returning to China.
Mali features volatile security situation, frequent terrorist attacks and harsh natural environment. During the one-year mission period in Gao, Sector East of the MINUSMA, the guard contingent successfully handled many emergent cases the engineering contingent completed 53 construction tasks, the medical contingent received more than 3,000 patients and provided effective medical service support for the peacekeepers and UN staff in the Sector East of the MINUSMA.

A team of snipers assigned to the PLA Army’s 73rd Group Army make an ambush for infiltration during a snipers’ intensive training course organized by the group army in early August, 2022. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Xie An)

The "Great Wall-2022" International Forum on Counter-terrorism sponsored by the Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP) kickes off in Beijing on August 30, 2022. (Photo by Lin Congyi for first 2 pictures, An Puzhong/PLA Daily for 3rd)

HeroOftheFerelden said:

Army EW Dadui(Brigade or Regiment or Battalion?) from the 73rd GA training in the Gobi desert recently
Published by Eastern Theatre Command

I understand there's an Army EW Brigade under Eastern theatre, an EW battalion in the GA Logi Support Brigade and GA Anti Air Brigade respectively, an EW company in the Combat Support Battalion under every CABrigade.
Is this a new unit or falls into one of these above?

Jamming vehicles based on CTL181A chassis, equipped in every EW company
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EW Battalion from Air Defence Brigade


Jamming vehicles from the 3rd CABde








Maybe from the 145th CABde, the only medium CABde under the 73rd GA

How to see the new "three-step" strategic arrangement for national defense and military modernization

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The Dongfeng Mengshi with the dome behind the trunk, do you know what variant that is?

Brief video report by CCTV on the recent PLA anti- terrorist strike exercise at ChangChun Air Show

Chilled_k6 said:

The Dongfeng Mengshi with the dome behind the trunk, do you know what variant that is?

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Either a radar or EW variant is my guess.

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China sends Army, Navy and Air force with over 2,000 troops to Russian Vostok-2022 drills

By Global Times Published: Sep 01, 2022 01:18 AM Updated: Sep 01, 2022 01:10 AM

This screen grab obtained from a handout video released by the Russian Defence Ministry on August 29, 2022, shows Chinese armed convoy upon their arrival for Vostok 2022 military exercises at the Sergeevsky training ground at Primorskiy (Maritime) Kray of the Russian Far East. Photo: AFP

China sent Army, Navy and Air force units under the Chinese People's Liberation Army PLA Northern Theater Command, with more than 2,000 troops, to participate in the military drills Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise that kicked off on Wednesday morning at Sergeyevsky training ground in Russia.
More than 300 vehicles of various types, 21 fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, and three ships were also sent by China to the exercise.

Over the past ten days, the Chinese troops in the military drills have carried out cross-border delivery by mechanized march, and railway, maritime and air transport.

Algeria, India, Belarus, Tajikistan, Mongolia and other countries also participated in the exercise launched by Russia.

As one of the four strategic exercises of the Russian military, the "Vostok" series plays an important role in the Russian military drills system. The Vostok-2022 exercise, which will last until September 7, involves more than 50,000 troops and more than 5,000 pieces of weapons and equipment at several training fields in Russia's Eastern Military District and related waters.

The exercise will be carried out in four stages: troop assembly and deployment, joint campaign planning and implementation, and troop withdrawal. The participating militaries jointly set up a directing department and a campaign command structure, according to the Chinese joint campaign headquarter.

The exercise aims to deepen practical and friendly cooperation between the militaries of participating countries, enhance the level of strategic coordination among participating parties, and enhance the ability to jointly respond to multiple security threats, said the headquarter.

The military drills Vostok 2022 came amid usual speculation from Western media outlets, hyping security cooperation between China and Russia especially amid Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Some have also interpreted the normal military cooperation as a "threat." But Chinese experts said it is the US and the West's commonly used tactics to portray Russia-China tie-up in a negative light, in order to unite allies and serve their geopolitical purposes.

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Nice clean, powerful, modern army.

Promotional video of the Peace Loving Army (PLA), with song about PLA that is sang in English.