CIMSEC - China Is Rehearsing More Than Amphibious Landings
Jason Wang and Marvin Bernardo on Sea Control 606, unpacking our Naval War College report: the PLA practiced landing in three places at once.
The invasion debate fixates on amphibious lift. The exercises point elsewhere: moving, sustaining and concealing a campaign across multiple locations.
Satellite Evidence Shows PLA Exercises Are Moving From Demonstration Toward Rehearsal
On this episode of #SeaControl, I host Jason Wang and Marvin Bernardo to discuss their report, “Everything Everywhere All At Once: The Growing Complexity of PLA #Amphibious Exercises,” published by the U.S. Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute (#CMSI).
China Maritime Report #52: Everything Everywhere All At Once — The Growing Complexity of PLA Amphibious Exercises
The PLA landed in three places at once during its annual Amphibious Warfare Capstone Exercises, roughly 360 km apart — about Taipei to Kaohsiung — against obstacles matching Taiwan's coast. A rehearsal.
中国軍演習、民間船使い高度化
PLA exercises are growing sophisticated in a specific way: they run on dual-use civilian shipping. Capability that appears in no order of battle - reducing the reaction time of Taiwan military.
Maritime Executive: China's Naval Drills Show Growing Focus on Capturing Taiwan
Years of drills near Taiwan simulated blockade and landing. The recent round reads differently — less signaling, more rehearsals, more taking and holding.