People's Liberation Army
Two new Type 055 destroyers assigned to the PLA East China Fleet, Dongguan and Anqing, have undergone their first live-fire drills. The exercises aim to rapidly integrate the advanced vessels into the Eastern Theatre Command's joint combat system covering Taiwan and seas near Japan.
Iniulat ng AI
Liu Guozhi, a former top-ranking PLA scientist and nuclear test site commander, has been removed from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) website. The 65-year-old high-power microwave weapon expert was elected to CAS in 2009. Some Chinese bloggers noted the removal on Thursday.