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Guided rockets launched in Gobi Desert
MLRS attached to an artillery brigade under the PLA 74th Group Army fire rockets at simulated targets during a live-fire training exercise in northwest China's Gobi Desert on May 11, 2018.
2018-05-15 -
Multiple launch rocket systems fire at aerial targets
Long-range Multiple Launch Rocket Systems attached to an artillery brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army launch rockets at mock targets during a night tactical training exercise in northwestern China's Gobi Desert on May 11, 2018.
2018-05-14 -
Fighter jets take off for far-sea training
Fighter jets attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Southern Theater Command taxi out successively for a far-sea training exercise at a military airfield in eastern China on May 11, 2018.
2018-05-14 -
Vehicle-mounted chaff and decoy launching system makes decoys for jet fighter
A vehicle-mounted chaff and decoy launching system fires smoke projectiles to cover a fighter jet during a training exercise on May 12, 2018. It is attached to a regiment of the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command.
2018-05-14 -
Z-9 helicopters fire missiles over South China Sea
A Z-9 helicopter attached to an aviation regiment of the South China Sea Fleet under the PLA Navy fires a missile at mock targets during a live-fire training exercise at an undisclosed sea area of the South China Sea on May 11, 2018.
2018-05-14 -
China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier sets out for sea trials
China's first home-built aircraft carrier leaves Dalian in northeast China's Liaoning Province for sea trials on May 13, 2018.
2018-05-13 -
China sends Su-35 fighter jets for island patrol training
Two Su-35 fighter jets and a H-6K bomber fly in formation on May 11, 2018. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force conducted patrol training over China's island of Taiwan on Friday.
2018-05-13 -
AAAVs and IFVs fire at mock targets
Two ZTD-05 AAAVs attached to a brigade under the PLA 74th Group Army fire at mock targets during a live-fire training exercise on May 10, 2018.
2018-05-11 -
Advanced breacher vehicles fire rocket-projected mine clearing line charge
An assault breacher vehicle attached to a brigade under the Marine Corps of the PLA Navy fires a rocket-projected mine clearing line charge to clear an obstacle during a live-fire training exercise on May 9, 2018.
2018-05-11 -
Armored vehicles participate in military skills competition
A Type-96A MBT attached to a brigade under the PLA 76th Group Army fires its fully-stabilized 125 mm smoothbore main gun at mock targets during a military skills competition in northwestern China's Gansu Province on May 9, 2018.
2018-05-11 -
Paratroopers jump out of Y-20 transport aircraft
Paratroopers assigned to the airborne troops under the PLA Air Force prepare to board Y-20 transport aircraft prior to a parachute training exercise in central China's Henan Province on May 8, 2018.
2018-05-10 -
J-11 fighter jets fly through valley
A J-11 fighter jet attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command flies through a valley at an extremely low altitude during a flight training exercise on May 6, 2018.
2018-05-09 -
Firearms strike mock range targets in mountain forest
A captain assigned to a combined brigade under the PLA 80th Group Army loads a grenade into an under-barrel grenade launcher system on his rifle during a live-fire training exercise in early May, 2018.
2018-05-08 -
Paratroopers descend to drop zone
Paratroopers assigned to a brigade of the airborne troops under the PLA Air Force jump out of a transport aircraft during a parachute training exercise on May 7, 2018.
2018-05-08 -
Armored vehicles rumble under cover
Armored personnel carriers attached to a brigade under the PLA 74th Group Army rumble through the grassland under the cover of smoke shells during a tactical comprehensive training exercise on May 4, 2018.
2018-05-07 -
Soldiers scare birds away before flight
A JL-9 fighter trainer jet attached to a regiment of the PLA Naval Aviation Academy deploys a drogue parachute to slow itself after finishing a flight training course near the Bohai Gulf on May 4, 2018.
2018-05-07 -
Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un hold talks in Dalian
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC and Chinese president, met Kim Jong Un, chairman of the WPK and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, in Dalian on May 7-8.
2018-05-08 -
Attack helicopters lift off for training
A Z-10 attack helicopter attached to an army aviation brigade under the PLA 80th Group Army lifts off for a sortie during a tactical flight training exercise on May 2, 2018.
2018-05-04 -
Military trucks move forward to designated terrain
A convoy of military trucks carrying weapons and equipment is en route to a designated training area in northwestern China's Gobi Desert on May 3, 2018.
2018-05-04 -
Amphibious self-propelled howitzer systems spit shells
An amphibious self-propelled howitzer system attached to a brigade of the PLA Navy Marine Corps spits shells down range during a live-fire training exercise on April 25, 2018.
2018-05-03 -
Destroyer Hefei launches target drone at sea
The guided-missile destroyer Kunming attached to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command fires its close-in weapons system at mock aerial targets during a maritime actual combat training exercise in late April, 2018.
2018-05-03 -
Soldier fires single-use anti-tank missile system
A soldier assigned to the airborne troops under the PLA Air Force fires a single-use portable anti-tank missile system at a mock target during a recent military competition in central China's Hubei Province.
2018-05-02 -
Tank landing ships conduct landing operations
A landing ship formation leading by the tank landing ship Tianzhushan (Hull 911) steams toward the beachhead during a landing operation in waters of the Yellow Sea on April 25, 2018.
2018-05-02 -
Sailors load missile canister into frigate's vertical launch system
Sailors assigned to a destroyer flotilla with the navy under the PLA Northern Theater Command operate cranes to hoist and load missile canister into the vertical launch system of a guided-missile frigate during a training exercise at a naval port on April 28, 2018.
2018-05-02 -
Long-range MLRS fires at simulated target
Military cadets fire the 12-tube 300mm long-range Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) at simulated surface target on Apr. 27, 2018. The PLA Army Artillery Air Defense Academy organized its cadets to conduct a live-fire test at a training range in east China's Nanjing recently.
2018-04-28 -
Chinese PLA air force conducts island patrol training
A Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force formation conducts island patrols during training on April 26, 2018.
2018-04-28 -
In Pics: Aircraft carrier Liaoning battle group conducts exercise in west Pacific
A J-15 fighter jet sits on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Liaoning (Hull 16). The Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army conducted a combat exercise at an unidentified area east of the Bashi Channel in the western Pacific on Apr. 20.
2018-04-27 -
Camera records moments of Golden Dart - 2018 competition
An H-6H bomber shoots off flares during the Golden Dart - 2018 air combat tactics competitive assessment.
2018-04-27 -
Tanks move on pontoon bridge over Yangtze River
Engineers assigned to an engineering and chemical defense brigade under the PLA 72nd Group Army maneuver bridge erection boats to build a ribbon pontoon floating bridge over a tributary of China's Yangtze River during a military skills demonstration on April 25, 2018.
2018-04-27 -
LCAC steers into well deck of dock landing ship
A LCAC attached to a landing ship flotilla of the navy under the PLA Eastern Theater Command steers into the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship Yimengshan (Hull 988) during a maritime training exercise at an undisclosed sea area on April 26, 2018.
2018-04-27 -
Cadets fire anti-tank missile in live-fire test
Cadets fire HJ-73 anti-tank missile at simulated target during a live-fire test at a training range in Nanjing on April 26, 2018. They are assigned to the Army Artillery Air Defense Academy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).
2018-04-27 -
Defense Ministry's Regular Press Conference on April 26
China firmly pursues a national defense policy that is defensive in nature and a military strategy of active defense. China has always been the builder of world peace, contributor to global development and defender of international order.
2018-04-27 -
PLA Army holds professional skills competition for staff officers
Army staff officers participate in a basic theory test on April 24. The first professional skills competition for combat staff officers of the PLA Army kicked off at a training range in Nanjing, eastern China's Jiangsu Province, on April 21,2018.
2018-04-26 -
8 countries take part in military band parade at Beijing Olympic Park
The military band of the PLA takes part in a military band parade held at the Beijing Olympic Park during a military band festival of the SCO, in Beijing, capital of China, April 25, 2018.
2018-04-26 -
HQ-9 anti-aircraft missiles flare the sky
The picture shows the HQ-9 air defense missile systems attached to a surface-to-air missile brigade of the air force under the PLA Central Theater Command during a live-fire training exercise in mid-April, 2018.
2018-04-25 -
JL-8 jet trainers fire aircraft guns
A JL-8 jet trainer attached to a brigade under the PLA Air Force Xi'an Flight Academy fires its aircraft gun at simulated ground targets during a live-fire training course on April 20, 2018.
2018-04-25 -
WZ-10 attack helicopters receive maintenance
A group of WZ-10 attack helicopters attached to an army aviation brigade under the PLA 80th Group Army receive phase maintenance on April 24, 2018.
2018-04-25 -
Ship-borne fighter jets take off from aircraft carrier Liaoning
Sailors participate in a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walk-down on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning (Hull 16) of the Chinese PLA Navy prior to flight operations in western Pacific.
2018-04-24 -
Helicopters receive power-on inspections
Maintenance men assigned to an army aviation brigade under the PLA 73rd Group Army conduct phase maintenance on multi-type attack helicopters during a routine maintenance operation on April 23, 2018.
2018-04-24 -
Amphibious IFVs fire HJ-73A anti-tank missile
A ZBD-05 amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) fires its HJ-73A anti-tank missile at simulated targets while moving forward during a tactical live-fire training exercise at an undisclosed area in mid-April.
2018-04-24