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Official video shows how PLA Army portable missiles, coordinated with air defense systems, can target stealth fighters
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A recent PLA Army joint confrontational exercise included live-fire surface-to-air missile launches by portable man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), with official footage released Saturday showing how those systems are coordinated with larger air defense units to engage stealth aircraft. The release documents a deliberate effort to publicize low-tier/high-tier air defense integration as a combined-arms capability, not merely individual platform performance. What remains unknown is the specific unit, exercise name, and location of the live-fire event.
Official release of rare footage showing PLA Army portable surface-to-air missiles conducting live-fire launches in a joint exercise context, with explicit framing around targeting stealth fighters, represents a specific public demonstration of an integrated short-range air defense capability not previously shown in this detail.
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An official Chinese media report on Saturday released rare footage of the first live-fire surface-to-air missile launches by ... At China's V-Day military parade on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese ... The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army practiced air defense in a recent joint confrontational exercise with the ...
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An official Chinese media report on Saturday released rare footage of the first live-fire surface-to-air missile launches by ... At China's V-Day military parade on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese ... The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Army practiced air defense in a recent joint confrontational exercise with the ...