China Leads Outside Powers in Learning Ukraine Drone Tactics
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China is running the most systematic effort of any outside power to learn from Ukraine's drone war, with military and defense-industry analysts typically documenting new battlefield techniques within about four months, according to an October 7 analysis by Lilly Min-Chen Lee and Kateryna Bondar. However, those lessons usually take a year or more to appear publicly in People's Liberation Army training, equipment or force structure. The analysis notes that China dedicates more analytical resources to studying Ukraine's evolving drone tactics than other nations observing the conflict.
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- SCMP ChinaChina runs most systematic effort to learn from Ukraine drone war, analysis finds
According to a new analysis, China is running the most systematic effort of any outside power to learn from the drone war in Ukraine, with military and defence-industry analysts typically writing up new battlefield techniques within about four months. However, it usually took a year or more before those lessons showed up publicly in People's Liberation Army training, equipment or force structure. 分析称中国系统学习乌克兰无人机战争 根据一项新分析，中国正在系统性地学习乌克兰无人机战争，是外部国家中最为专注的。军事和国防工业分析师通常在约四个月内撰写新战术报告，但这些经验通常需要一年多时间才会出现在解放军训练、装备或部队结构中。
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