Don't you just hate it when you try to impress your girlfriend with a new Norinco Tracked Airborne IFV equipped with a new 30mm autocannon, only to be utterly stopped by the street track?
It seems that with more Y20 Transports entering service, the PLAAF appears increasingly confident in Ubering heaver airborne IFV then the older ZBD03
Bonus photos of HAHO / HALO
Photos of the day: Combined tactical battalion airborne assault against a fixed position in the Tibetan mountains
Again, this little drill is part of a greater PLA defense strategy
against a foreign power's newly created mountain strike corps. It took
place on August 19th. China has to react to a force of 80,000 troops
stationing right across the boarder, trained and equipped to invade.
Rapid reinforcement to Tibet.
Tibet is one of China's largest regions but with only three line
brigades protecting it (52nd, 53rd and 54th mountain Brigades), clearly
it's ORBAT is not geared for large scale military operations, especially
in defense against a foreign power's new mountain strike corps. To
beef up, the PLA high command is shifting its 15th airborne corp for
rapid reinforcement from Wuhan in time of crisis, hopeful this will buy
time until REGFORCE reinforcements arrive.
Just last week, they conducted a 5000 meter supply and a SpOps insertion drop
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Dual-use airports help PLA Air Force cope with emergencies
Source: China Military OnlineEditor: Zhang Tao
2016-07-01 16:550
BIJIE, July 1 (ChinaMil) -- A joint meeting on the development of
military-civilian integration of dual-use airports of the Chinese
People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force was held in Beijing on June 17.
The meeting deliberated and passed the "Interim Provisions of Operation
Security at Dual-use Airports of the PLA Air Force."
Following the win-win principles for both the military and civilian
sides, the provisions aimed at regulating the operating security works
at dual-use airports, including the coordination mechanism, joint
management, joint support and maintenance. The release of such
provisions means that the development of military-civilian integration
on airport resources between the PLA Air Force and civil aviation has
entered the implementation phase.
The pilot work of such development started at Lhasa Gonggar Airport and
Wuxi Shuofang International Airport since April, 2015. Its main purpose
was to establish a complementary management mechanism with smooth
coordination and shared resources to gradually form a support capability
that guarantees flight safety at peace times and meets combat needs at
wartimes.
The pilot programs have made significant achievement after the
exploration over the past one year. The two airports mentioned above are
good examples of dual-use airports.
Lhasa Gonggar Airport is one of the world's highest dual-use airports.
It provides important support for Tibet's economic development and
national security in China’s Southwestern region.
On the one hand, as an important force in Tibet’s transportation, the
airport has made great contributions to Tibet's economic construction.
It has safely transported more than six million passengers in total
since it was put into use. The cargo throughput also surpassed 140,000
tons.
On the other hand, the airport is an important channel to transport the
PLA's new recruits and strategic materials to Tibet. The airport is also
a major "airborne bridgehead" in Southwest China.
It has been found that the development of military-civilian integration
of dual-use airports has very important practical significance and
strategic benefits. First, the dual-use airports greatly save the cost
of airport construction. Second, such airports bring great benefits to
both the military and civilian sides.
For the PLA Air Force, dual-use airports can significantly improve the
support capability of military airports. Such dual use can provide more
footholds for the Air Force to deal with emergencies and future
operations. For the civil aviation industry, the dual use can greatly
lift its transportation capacity, expand the volume of passengers and
cargo throughput, and alleviate current shortages in civil airports.
Practice has proved that the construction of dual-use airport is a
win-win move. For this reason, construction for this purpose has
extended to more airports in China. As of now, China has a total of 214
civil airports, one third of which are dual-use ones.
Photos of the day: 15th Airborne's rapid deployment to Tibet.
Last week a mechanized regiment of 15th Airborne Corp, conducted a
battalion size rapid deployment into the Tibetan Plateau. Here are
pictures from this "independent action" exercise.