Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-07-07

Air Defense Troops in Live-fire Drill

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Desk	China Desk
Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	China Military Online (EN) (china_mil_online)
Source language	en — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date	2026-07-07
Original URL	http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/TE/16472306.html
Collected at	2026-07-07 15:24:44 — collection metadata, not a publication time
Content fingerprint	3da61eedeea076f9b45cd656e6b82d8b3ea727965da8f041853a78cc55d666e1 — taken when the record was captured, over the stored original title and text
Collection run	80

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An air defense element assigned to a brigade under the Chinese PLA Army recently carried out a live-fire drill in northwest China's Gobi Desert, in a bid to test the troops' all-weather and round-the-clock combat capability. Conducted under high-intensity electronic jamming and dark night conditions, the drill featured complex scenarios, where real and decoy targets were mixed and faint signals were cluttered, aiming to test the troops' all-weather integrated air defense capabilities. (Video Editor: Yang Xueqing)

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "Air Defense Troops in Live-fire Drill." China Military Online (EN), 2026-07-07. http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/TE/16472306.html.

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