BEIJING, June 6 -- Three landing ships attached to a landing ship flotilla with the PLA Navy, including Kunlunshan, Laotieshan and Songshan, conducted a beach landing exercise in waters of the South China Sea days ago, carrying landing craft air cushions (LCACs), ship-borne helicopters, and amphibious armored infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
The exercise involved multi-dimensional landing operations on LCACs beach landing, formation maneuvering of amphibious armored vehicles, helicopter fast-roping and multi-arms coordination.
