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本週,PLAN在台灣東部的西太平洋海域舉行海空跨軍種系列實戰軍演,6/10並穿越巴士海峽。
6/8~6/11第二階段中俄跨國兩棲演習,在俄羅斯濱海邊疆區展開。
PLA在西太平洋同時展開兩場演習。志氣很大,脾氣也不小。
China Holds Naval Drills Near Taiwan and Philippines○The Diplomat (2015.06.11)
‘Similar drills and exercises will keep taking place,’ a People’s Liberation
Army Navy spokesperson said this morning.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is conducting a routine
planned naval exercise in the Western Pacific this week, Xinhua
reports.
Liang Yang, a military spokesperson of the PLAN stated that Chinese navy
vessels and military aircraft passed through the eastern portion of the Bashi Channel,
situated between Taiwan and the Philippines, this
morning.
The vessels and aircraft went on to conduct several
drills that simulated real combat conditions
in the waters east of the Bashi Channel, including long-range precision strikes
and aerial combat. The exercise is part of
the PLAN’s annual training plan and was “in line
with international laws and practices,” according to the military spokesperson.
“During the drills there was no impact upon
freedom of navigation or fly-through in the relevant seas or air,” he additionally
noted. He did
not supply specific information on what type of vessels and aircraft, as well as
the number involved in the exercise.
“Going forward, similar drills and exercises will keep taking place,” Liang
Yang emphasized. With ever
increasing tensions on China’s maritime frontier, the spokesperson was at pains
to emphasize that “[t]he drill is not directed at any specific country, regions
or targets.”
The PLAN announced this week on it official Weibo microblog page that
the waters east of the Bashi Channel have been designated as one of two training areas – the other being Miyakato Strait(應該是指宮古海峽 Miyako Strait) – for routine drills and exercises conducted by the Chinese navy.
Sputnik News reports
that PLAN is simultaneously also involved in
the second stage of the joint Sino-Russian “Joint Sea 2015″ maritime exercises in Russia’s
Far Eastern Primorsky Territory, which is taking place
on June 8-11 and will include, among other things, amphibious assault drills.
According to the Office
of Naval Intelligence, the PLAN currently field a little over 300 surface combatants, submarines,
amphibious ships, and missile-armed patrol craft. China’s recently published defense white
paper outlines the PLANs future naval ambitions:
In line with the strategic requirement of offshore waters defense and open
seas protection, the PLA Navy (PLAN) will gradually
shift its focus from “offshore waters defense” to the combination of “offshore waters
defense” with “open seas protection,” and build a combined, multi-functional and
efficient marine combat force structure. The PLAN will enhance its capabilities
for strategic deterrence and counterattack, maritime
maneuvers, joint operations at sea, comprehensive defense and comprehensive support.
However, a recently published study by the RAND Corporation notes that the PLAN still needs to overcome
various challenges before it can fulfill the
vision outlined in the excerpt above:
Chief among these challenges is the integration of increasingly complex modern weapons and equipment platforms. Equally
important is the training of PLAN personnel who are not
currently fully prepared to operate or maintain them, which appears to be
a major concern for the Chinese navy, given the volume of PLA literature published
on this issue. Other challenges include the
mastery of such capabilities as antisubmarine warfare
(ASW) and amphibious operations, where the PLA
has significant limitations.
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