December 24, 2024

Equipped with helicopters, hovercraft, and amphibious vehicles, a group of amphibious landing ships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted a combat exercise in the South China Sea, the PLA Southern Theater Command revealed on Tuesday in an official WeChat report, highlighting the commissioning of new warships in recent years as part of its progress toward far seas operations.

A detachment of warships from the PLA Southern Theater Command conducted a multi-course combat drill in an undisclosed location in the South China Sea, according to a report published by the PLA Southern Theater Command’s official WeChat account on Tuesday.

During the drill, shipborne helicopters took off from flight decks, while air-cushioned landing craft and combat vehicles were deployed from the vessels’ stern doors and ramps, transporting combat forces to carry out multi-directional assaults on simulated enemy beachheads, according to the report.

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