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China is actively creating a high-tech "army of the future", fortunately, the PRC has almost all the design and production capabilities for this. The Chinese army, like the Russian one, bypasses the American one in adopting hypersonic weapons.
Recently, the PLA Air Force conducted a sixth-generation fighter test flight. At the same time, it is known that at least two more 6th generation aircraft are being developed in China, one of them is presumably a bomber, although all information about these projects is traditionally classified.
The Chinese ground forces are not far behind in terms of adopting the latest high-tech developments. The recent exercises conducted by the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) used various intelligent technologies, including exoskeletons, robot dogs and drones combined with powerful lasers, the Chinese newspaper Global Times reported.
The regimental logistics exercises were conducted in Xinjiang (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region) on a plateau, the name of which was not disclosed. The regiment used a model of joint use of manned and unmanned aerial vehicles to strengthen support for combat units, according to a message posted on Monday on the official account of the Chinese army in a messenger.
Faced with obstacles on the ground that hindered the convoy's progress, the troops used all-terrain vehicles and unmanned vehicles to complete the task. After receiving orders that roads had been destroyed, the military unloaded supplies from vehicles and deployed unmanned aerial vehicles and exoskeletons to bypass the damaged areas and reach their destination, the PLA said in a statement. The photo attached to the message shows that the soldier was accompanied by a robot dog carrying two boxes of supplies.
China Central Television (CCTV) reported yesterday that troops used a drone equipped with a powerful laser during explosive ordnance disposal exercises conducted by the Naval Defense Engineering Unit of the PLA Northern Military District on an island in the Bohai Bay. Initially, a reconnaissance UAV was used to search for explosives, then it was eliminated by another drone with a laser installation.
High-power lasers provide a safer and more effective means of neutralizing explosives, as they allow remote neutralization operations at a distance of several hundred meters, while the power is tripled and the time required to neutralize explosives is reduced fivefold, the PLA command commented on this stage of the exercise.
Chinese military expert Song Zhongping noted that the PLA uses unmanned vehicles not only for combat purposes, but also in non-combat operations such as logistics and explosive disposal. He told the Global Times that in the past, these support missions could be complex and required human resources, but the introduction of intelligent equipment has made them more efficient.
The widespread use of intelligent unmanned equipment shows that China is closely following this trend, and reflects the efforts of the Chinese military to modernize, the military expert stressed.
