"Sharpening-2008" Exercise

Producer & Editor: Rao Hongqiao, Ji Guilin, Yang Liming, Chen Jie, Fan Aifeng

　　On September 25, the "Sharpening 2008", a maneuver offensive and defensive exercise in the complex electromagnetic environment, kicked off at the Zhurihe Training Base in the depth of Inner Mongolia's Grassland.

MND gives banquet for foreign military delegations and observers

　　The Ministry of National Defense (MND) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) gave a banquet in honor of the foreign military delegations and observers who came to China to watch the military exercise coded "Sharpening 2008" yesterday in Beijing. At the banquet, Liang Guanglie, state councilor and minister of national defense, proposed a toast to warmly welcome all the military leaders, members of the delegations and observers from various countries.


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　◆　Key Words

New Outline of Military Training and Evaluation

　　The new outline is made up of two major aspects, namely joint training and trainings by various services and arms, and covers all the specialties of various services and arms.

Red Army

　　A highly informationalized armored regiment of the Beijing MAC will act as the "blue" army.

Blue Army

　　The mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan MAC will act as the "red" army.

　◆　Stage 1　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 [more] 　　

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　　Early on the morning of September 1, along with the issuance of the exercise order by the general director of the "Sharpening 2008" exercise, the exercise troops have, in light of the exercise order, swiftly organized the troops to carry out the escalation of the alert status, the pre-combat education and mobilization, the combat material drawing and preparation in an orderly way.

Long-distance force projection in "Sharpening 2008"exercise

　　Starting from August 26, a mechanized infantry brigade of the Jinan Military Area Command taking part in the "Sharpening 2008" exercise, together with its reinforced troops, such as army aviation, electronic countermeasures and airborne units, headed for its exercise destination via railroad, highway and airway. [Detail]


	Troops participating in "Sharpening 2008" set off

	Confrontation exercise kicks off

	Mechanized infantry brigade speeds toward Zhurihe Base

　◆　Stage 2 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 [more]

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　　The Beijing Military Area Command of the PLA unfolded a force-on-force exercise coded "Sharpening 2008" in its training base starting on September 15, which included drills on three-dimensional offence and defense in light of the complicated terrains of mountainous areas with the priority being given to testing troops' capability in fighting mechanized, information-centric and three-dimensional modern warfare.

Integrated joint training in north China

　　On the morning of Sept. 16, the tactical corps formation of the "red army" participating in the "Sharpening 2008" exercise conducted an integrated joint training in an all-round way in the Zhurihe Training Base on the wasteland north of the Great Wall. [Detail]


	Troops in confrontation exercise

	Diversified modes of command embraced in "Sharpening 2008" exercise

	Troops conducting force-on-force exercise

　◆　Stage 3 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 [more]

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　　The "Sharpening-2008"confrontational exercise officially raised its curtain on the morning of September 25 at a training base of the Beijing Military Area Command. A transport aviation division of the PLA Air Force, which served as air support strength of the "Red Tactical Group" in the exercise, successfully carried out successive airdropping of heavy equipment.

Transport aviation division achieves success in heavy equipment airdropping

　　The "Sharpening-2008"confrontational exercise officially raised its curtain on the morning of September 25 at a training base of the Beijing Military Area Command. [Detail]


	"Sharpening-2008" exercise kicks off

	MND gives banquet for foreign military delegations and observers

	"Sharpening 2008"exercise kicks off at Zhurihe Training Base