# China military modernization
Latest news and articles about China military modernization
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China’s Air Force Marks 80 Years of the Northeast Aviation School with Memory-Building Campaigns
The PLAAF marked the 80th anniversary of the Northeast Aviation School with nationwide commemorations—site visits, seminars, theatrical productions and awards—aimed at converting revolutionary-era memory into contemporary cohesion. The campaign reflects a broader PLA pattern of using history and political education to sustain morale, legitimize party control and socialize the next generation of personnel amid modernization.
China’s Eastern Theater Navy Drills Blue‑Water Warfare, Testing Replenishment and Rescue Skills
Ships from the PLA Navy’s Eastern Theater Command conducted a far‑sea exercise that combined gunnery, underway replenishment and a ship‑air rescue drill. The manoeuvre demonstrates growing Chinese capacity for sustained, integrated naval operations beyond near seas and serves as a calibrated signal to regional and global navies.
China Shows Off J-16 ‘Swiss Army’ Role in Networked Mixed-Force Flights — A Glimpse of Integrated Air Warfare
Chinese military coverage released footage of J-16 fighters operating in networked, mixed formations with J-20 stealth fighters, J-16D electronic-warfare variants, an attack-11 stealth UAV and other platforms. The exercise illustrates a doctrinal move toward cross-generation, manned–unmanned teaming and integrated kill chains designed to improve survivability and strike depth in contested environments.
From Dogfights to Data: A Young J-10C Pilot Illustrates China’s Move to Networked Air Power
A profile of Lieutenant Bu Jiawen illuminates a broader PLAAF shift from individual pilot skill toward data-driven, networked air warfare. China is investing in training, standardized procedures and simulator-led rehearsals to turn new aircraft into integrated combat systems capable of beyond-visual-range operations.
From Stone Huts to Box Rockets: How an Eastern Theatre Artillery Unit Keeps Combat-Ready on the Move
Soldiers from an Eastern Theatre Command rocket-artillery battalion have spent over a year living and training away from their garrison in improvised sites while operating new long-range containerised rocket systems. Their experience illustrates the PLA’s shift toward dispersed, mobile operations, with implications for logistics, personnel endurance and regional deterrence dynamics.
China Shows Off Armed Z-20T Helicopter in Live‑Fire Drill, Signalling Faster Army Aviation Modernisation
Chinese media published footage of the Z-20T helicopter conducting live‑fire exercises, highlighting improvements in the PLA’s armed rotorcraft capabilities. The demonstration underscores Beijing’s progress in weapons integration and tactical aviation, with implications for regional rapid‑reaction and littoral operations.
China’s Southern Theater Steps Up Night-and-Weather Air Drills, Signalling Higher Readiness
State media reported that a Southern Theater Command aviation brigade conducted high‑intensity, cross–day‑and‑night, all‑weather flight training to hone round‑the‑clock combat readiness. The drills underscore China’s focus on continuous operational capability in strategically sensitive southern maritime approaches and function both as genuine training and as signalling to regional audiences.
Eastern Theater Navy Begins Intensive Training for Squad and Station Leaders to Harden Frontline Command
An Eastern Theater Navy brigade has begun institutionalized training for squad and station leaders to strengthen political reliability and small-unit capabilities. The program mixes ideological instruction and practical exercises and will be expanded into a regular mechanism to raise frontline leadership across the unit.