PLA on the road to modernized military training

Hu jin tao has ordered a series of science oriented development and excercises. People's online daily does not give the specific equipment names.


New-type fighters of PLA Air Force strike on targets in training. Implementing a series of important instructions by President Hu Jintao on intensifying military training, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), guided by the scientific development concept, has persisted in reform and innovation and intensified training through scientific measures this year.


A new-type fighter of PLA Air Force carries out training. Implementing a series of important instructions by President Hu Jintao on intensifying military training, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), guided by the scientific development concept, has persisted in reform and innovation and intensified training through scientific measures this year.


A mechanized unit of Xinjiang Military Command carries out training in desert. Implementing a series of important instructions by President Hu Jintao on intensifying military training, the People's Liberation Army (PLA), guided by the scientific development concept, has persisted in reform and innovation and intensified training through scientific measures this year.

A submarine of PLA Navy performs training in bad hydrological condition.


A mechanized unit of Beijing Military Command marches towards target.


Soldiers of a tank troop in Xinjiang Military Command carry out training.

That's great to see. I hope they do Red vs. Blue exercises regularly. Even better if they're joint exercises. I think these ones here are only intra-service.

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I remember reading that after the 2005 Sino-Russian exercises, the Russian side pointed out some problems with the Chinese side's execution of their operations. I think they specifically talked about the airborne landings as being less than perfect. Perhaps they talked about other flaws too. What specific flaws did they list? Are these criticisms valid?

I am also somewhat curious about China's military exercises. Regarding the OP, what exactly does modernized military training mean, and how does it contrast from the "primitive" (as I am led to believe from MiGleader's choice of words) military training of before?