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Jun- 2021 -10 June
Chinese Marines Corps Deploys Type 15 Light Tanks
The Chinese Marine Corps has deployed the country’s indigenous Type 15 light battle tank, state media reported.
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May- 2021 -31 May
PLA Army Conducts Live-Fire Test of Long-Range Rockets
The Chinese army recently conducted a live-fire test of long-range rocket artillery and anti-tank missiles against various maritime targets in Bohai Bay, state media reported.
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27 May
PLA Xinjiang Receives New Missiles, Rocket Launchers
The Xinjiang Military Command of China’s People Liberation Army has received the country’s latest field air defense missile system and self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher system, state media reported.
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26 May
PLA Warplanes Drop Thousands of Munitions in South China Sea Exercise
The Chinese People's Liberation Army conducted a live-fire exercise in which warplanes dropped thousands of munitions at sea targets in the South China Sea, Chinese state media reported.
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24 May
China Puts Upgraded HQ-9 Missile System to ‘Extreme Test’
The Chinese air force has put an upgraded version of its HQ-9 air-defense missile systems to an extreme test in unfamiliar terrain, according to Chinese state media.
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Mar- 2021 -25 March
USAF Deters War Game Taiwan Invasion With Updated Tactics
The US Air Force has deterred a Chinese invasion of Taiwan in a simulated conflict set more than a decade from now using updated military tactics.
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Jan- 2021 -5 January
Taiwan Says Chinese Jets Made Record 380 Incursions in 2020
Chinese jets made a record 380 incursions into Taiwan's defense zone last year, a defense official said Tuesday, as a military-linked think-tank warned tensions were now at their highest since the mid-1990s.
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Oct- 2020 -30 October
‘China Is Angry:’ Taiwan Anxiety Rises as Saber-Rattling Grows
The tank traps on the beaches of Kinmen Island are a stark reminder that Taiwan lives under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion -- and fears of a conflict breaking out are now at their highest in decades.
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23 October
Xi Invokes Chinese Military Might With US in Mind
With tensions at their highest in decades between Beijing and Washington, China is making much of the 70th anniversary of its forces entering the fight, intended as much for domestic consumption as it is a warning to its superpower rivals.
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15 October
US Destroyer Sails Through Taiwan Strait, Provoking China
A US warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait in what the American military described as a "routine" passage but enraging China, which claims sovereignty over the island and surrounding seas.
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