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UPDATED: September 13, 2010 NO. 37 SEPTEMBER 16, 2010
Cutting Edge Exercises
 
By LIU FENG'AN
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Surface-to-air missiles

On August 24, a fleet of three guided missile destroyers and several missile-carrying speedboats darted into the South China Sea. They were on the way to a military exercise in "attack and anti-attack maritime maneuvering formations and surface ship formations." The exercise was a component in a military campaign coded "Sword-2010."

The fleet was followed by a replenishment ship carrying more than 100 officers of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) observing the exercise.

"Sword-2010," which kicked off in Beijing on August 23, is part of the PLA's research and training for information warfare. The military exercises could be observed on site or online through video clips. The exercises were participated in by the South China Sea Fleet, the Chengdu Military Area Command air force, a military base of the Second Artillery Corps, Nanjing Military Area Command, and an army group from the Guangzhou Military Area Command.

The exercises include training directed by military division-level commanders and brigade commanders, as well as drills of anti-aircraft combat units, motorized infantry divisions, and amphibian mechanized infantry divisions.

"Sword-2010" aims to explore combat training methods and improve the PLA's combat ability in information warfare.

Guided missle destroyers

Missile-carrying speedboats

Surface-to-air missile weapon systems and radar and electronic countermeasures systems

The author is with the People's Liberation Army General Staff Department.

 



 
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