Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-06-06

China-Mongolia 'Steppe Partner-2026' Army Joint Training Closing Ceremony Held

中蒙“草原伙伴-2026”陆军联合训练举行结束仪式

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Source-stated publication date	2026-06-06
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新华社呼和浩特6月6日电（杜娟、王成）中蒙“草原伙伴-2026”陆军联合训练结束仪式6日在内蒙古某联合训练基地举行。结束仪式前，双方组织开展实兵实弹演练。上午9时，实兵实弹演练拉开序幕。中蒙参训部队协同展开侦察与火力打击，双方在联合指挥所内实时共享情报、临机调整部署，指挥炮兵、防空、突击等多支力量实施立体打击。数十辆坦克、步战车在沙尘中交替突进，工兵分队开辟通路，机器狼、无人机等新装备与有人力量协同清剿。随着4发绿色信号弹升空，演练顺利结束。中午12时，结束仪式在两国国歌声中开始，观摩团领导为60名表现优秀的官兵颁发纪念品，双方指挥员致辞祝贺联训圆满成功，并回顾两国传统友谊，共同表达对未来深化交流合作的期待。联训期间，中蒙参训官兵开展了多轮模拟推演与实兵合练。中方官兵围绕防化侦察洗消、有人无人协同进攻、装备抢修与战场救护等课目进行示范，蒙方官兵现场观摩并体验了无人机、机器狼操控及机械外骨骼穿戴等内容。此外，双方还组织了拔河、篮球等军事竞技比赛和多元文化交流活动，在并肩战斗中深化了互信与友谊。

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The China-Mongolia 'Steppe Partner-2026' joint training concluded June 6 at a joint training base in Inner Mongolia with live-fire drills involving tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, artillery, air defense units, and unmanned systems including robotic dogs and UAVs operating alongside manned forces in coordinated clearing operations. The exercise documents a deliberate Chinese effort to use bilateral training with a smaller, less-capable partner as a demonstration platform: Mongolian forces observed and handled Chinese unmanned systems and exoskeletons rather than operating as a peer element, which fits a pattern of PLA exercises functioning partly as technology showcases and influence tools with neighboring militaries. The inclusion of robotic dogs and exoskeletons in a bilateral exercise with Mongolia extends the observable record of how the PLA is normalizing unmanned ground systems in combined-arms contexts and in foreign military engagement simultaneously.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "中蒙“草原伙伴-2026”陆军联合训练举行结束仪式." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-06-06. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16465864.html.

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