CHINA-INTERNAL: PLA EXERCISE

 The PLA's Shenyang Military Region started a live-fire drill in northeast China, the largest in scale of the year, on October 26, 2014. A total of 20,000 troops are involved in the drill, including infantry, armored mechanised army troops, artillery, air-defense troops, army aviation troops, special operations troops, electronic warfare troops, anti-chemical troops, aviation force of the Air Force, ground air-defense force and radar troops.Code-named "Joint Action-2014E", the exercise is the last event of its kind in this year and all seven drills planned for the year have been conducted. Lv Weibo, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force under the PLA Shenyang MR said “The large variety of air battle equipment and large amount of ammunitions mobilized in this exercise is rarely seen even in drills of the PLAAF. The complete mobilization of all combat elements is sure to comprehensively test and significantly enhance the real-combat capability of all services and arms”.







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