# China military modernization
Latest news and articles about China military modernization
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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.