{"id":89747,"date":"2020-01-07T01:32:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T20:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=89747"},"modified":"2020-01-07T01:32:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T20:02:42","slug":"chinas-pla-begins-major-military-exercises-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/01\/07\/chinas-pla-begins-major-military-exercises-in-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s PLA begins major military exercises in Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BEIJING, Jan 6:<\/strong> The Chinese army has begun major military exercises in the high-altitude Tibet bordering India, deploying latest weapons, including the Type 15 light battle tank and the new 155-MM vehicle-mounted howitzer, a media report said on Sunday.<br \/>\nThe Tibet military command of the People&#8217;s Liberation Army (PLA) started its New Year exercises, in which it has deployed helicopters, armoured vehicles, heavy artillery and anti-aircraft missiles across the region from Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, to the border defence frontlines with elevations of more than 4,000 metres, state-run Global Times reported.<br \/>\nThe India-China Line of Actual Control (LAC) covers 3,488 kilometres, including the borders along Arunachal and Sikkim. China claims Arunachal as part of South Tibet.<br \/>\nThe tank and the howitzer, which were revealed to the public during the National Day military parade on 1 October last year, are specifically designed with advantages for plateau regions and can play important roles in safeguarding border areas, the report said.<br \/>\nTheir deployment in the Tibet military command will enhance the PLA&#8217;s combat capability in the plateau regions, it quoted a military expert as saying. Both are equipped with powerful engines, enabling them to manoeuvre efficiently in Tibet&#8217;s terrains, a military expert was quoted as saying in the report.<br \/>\n&#8220;Heavier hostile weapons cannot reach the oxygen-depleted border areas, and, if lighter, they do not have enough firepower,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nThe Type 15 tank is the world&#8217;s only modern lightweight tank in service, and it is equipped with a 105-millimetre gun and advanced sensors that can &#8220;devastate enemy light armoured vehicles in regions,&#8221; the report quoted the Chinese military magazine Weapon as reporting. The six-wheeled, 155-millimetre vehicle-mounted howitzer is of high calibre, reacts fast, and can be easily deployed, it said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Jan 6: The Chinese army has begun major military exercises in the high-altitude Tibet bordering India, deploying latest weapons, including the Type 15 light battle tank and the new 155-MM vehicle-mounted howitzer, a media report said on Sunday. The Tibet military command of the People&#8217;s Liberation Army (PLA) started its New Year exercises, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89747\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}