Foreign media discovered from a CCTV report on Wednesday that the People's Liberation Army is conducting air defense operations exercises along the coast of Guangdong. In recent days, U.S. military aircraft have repeatedly approached the coast of Guangdong. The People's Liberation Army used anti-aircraft guns , mobile anti-aircraft missiles and radar equipment in the exercise. The CCTV report did not mention when the exercise would begin and end.
From Monday to Wednesday of this week, the United States repeatedly dispatched reconnaissance aircraft to conduct close reconnaissance and surveillance of this area.
[People's Liberation Army Red Flag-7A Air Defense Missile]
Foreign media said that the exercise was conducted by the air defense brigade of the 74th Group Army. This is an exercise that simulates actual combat conditions. During the exercise, high-speed unmanned target drones were dispatched to attack ground troops with the support of simulated electronic jammers. The anti-aircraft artillery unit immediately used the fire control radar network to quickly implement early warning, identify incoming targets, and then launch intensive firepower to strike. The purpose of the exercise is to warn the United States not to launch further provocations. The People's Liberation Army's exercises are routine activities and generally do not target specific countries. However, close reconnaissance by US aviation poses a threat to China's national security. The exercise therefore reflects the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) readiness to defend against air incursions.
[US military RC-135 electronic reconnaissance aircraft]
The 73rd Army to which the air defense brigade belongs was established in 1949. It consists of motorized infantry divisions and armored brigades, air defense brigades, surface-to-air missile regiments, artillery regiment , engineering Corps etc. Foreign sources believe that if the mainland decides to unify Taiwan by force, the ministry will also assume combat tasks.
[US Improved U-2 Reconnaissance Plane]
In fact, according to the combat mission distribution of the People's Liberation Army, in addition to the army's air defense brigade, the air force and the navy also have corresponding surface-to-air missile units and aviation units responsible for maritime interception tasks. The air force and naval aviation units stationed in Fujian and Guangdong provinces have made outstanding achievements in homeland air defense operations in the past few decades, and have shot down many Taiwanese and US military aircraft. The U.S. military has dispatched reconnaissance planes to provoke China in recent days, apparently forgetting all the lessons of history.
(Author: Kong Xin, copyrighted work. Reprinting without permission is prohibited)
