02 April 2020
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- Chinese Air Force’s Drill ‘Aimed At Signalling Deterrent Around Taiwan’
Chinese Air Force’s Drill ‘Aimed At Signalling Deterrent Around Taiwan’
The Chinese military command responsible for patrols around Taiwan stepped up its drills by staging a long-endurance early-warning exercise in March, involving 36-hour exercises simulating countering enemy planes during wartime. “The People’s Liberation Army’s Air Force used to rely only on ground-based early-warning aircraft. Only in the past two decades, it started to acquire airborne early-warning and control aircraft, which could allow the air force to extend their radar coverage beyond the limits of ground-based radars,” said Collin Koh, a research fellow from NTU’s RSIS.
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Last updated on 23/04/2020
