PLAN's "Joint Sea-2016" Orbat

The PLAN task-force participating in this Sino-Russian 8 days long naval drills off Southern China's Guangdong province are 2xDDG, 3xFFG, 1xLPD, 1xLST and 1xAOR.  The event is set to start Monday, Sept 12th.

Type052B Luyang class: DDG 168 "Guangzhou"

Type052C Luyang II class: DDG 151 "Zhengzhou"

Type 054A JiangKai II class:  FFG570 "Huangshan, FFG574 "Sanya" and FFG576 "Daqing"

Type071 Luzhao class: LPD998 "Kunlun Shan"

Type072A Yuting II class: LST997 "Yunwu Shan"

Type904B Dayun Class: AOR 961 "Junshanhu"

Photos of the day: Singin' in the Rain

PLAAF's current two-seat trainer aircraft line up.

This is the way the Peace-mission 2016 starts, not with a bang but a whimper.

This year's Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) Peace Mission anti-terror exercises will be held in Kyrgyzstan on September 5th to the 13th.   With only 270 troops, 4 ZSL92 (WZ551) APCs and 2 Dongfeng jeeps participating, a far cry from the 2005 mission where 8000 troops from the 127th Light Mech Infantry Division conducted an amphibious assault against a "troubled island"

Sunday, September 12, 2010

PLAAF gathers for Peace Mission 2010

Looks like they are sending a bunch of J-10s and B-6s to bomb those "terrorist". Carpet bombing against terrorism, what a concept!