Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-26

Combat Engineer Troops Conduct Live Demolition Assessment

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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	2026-05-26
Original URL	http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/TE/16463676.html
Collected at	2026-05-26 19:53:12 — collection metadata, not a publication time
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The Chinese PLA has recently organized its various combat engineer troops to conduct multi-subject live demolition assessment in line with actual combat requirements. The assessment honed the combat engineer troops' psychological resilience, technical and tactical proficiency, thereby strengthening their emergency response and comprehensive obstacle-breaching capabilities in complex battlefield environments. (Video Editor: Zhang Yajie)

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PLA combat engineer units across multiple formations recently completed a multi-subject live demolition assessment designed to test psychological resilience and obstacle-breaching proficiency under simulated combat conditions. This is standard periodic skills certification for combat engineers; it documents the assessment cycle and the PLA's framing of engineer training around 'actual combat requirements' (实战化要求), but the article names no specific units, locations, or scale, leaving the scope of participation unknown.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "Combat Engineer Troops Conduct Live Demolition Assessment." China Military Online (EN), 2026-05-26. http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/2025xb/C_251453/TE/16463676.html.

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