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223<br />

Table 1:<br />

Significant PLA Bilateral and Multilateral Military Exercises,<br />

November 2015–October 2016—Continued<br />

Date<br />

Exercise<br />

Name or<br />

Type<br />

(Location)<br />

Other Participants<br />

PLA Weapons<br />

Systems<br />

and Units<br />

Involved<br />

(if reported)<br />

Details<br />

4/9/16–<br />

4/30/16<br />

Shaheed V<br />

(Pakistan)<br />

Pakistan<br />

JH–7A,<br />

J–8II, and<br />

J–11 fighters,<br />

and KJ–200<br />

early warning<br />

aircraft<br />

This annual exercise consisted<br />

of ground attack<br />

and air-to-air combat<br />

and simulated fighting<br />

against extremists in<br />

China’s Xinjiang Uyghur<br />

Autonomous Region,<br />

Central Asia, and the<br />

northern tribal areas of<br />

Pakistan. 269<br />

4/12/16–<br />

4/16/16<br />

Komodo-2016<br />

(Indonesia)<br />

United<br />

States<br />

(and 34<br />

other<br />

countries)<br />

Guided-missile<br />

frigate<br />

and salvage<br />

lifting ship<br />

This exercise (now in its<br />

second iteration) consisted<br />

of drills on maritime<br />

peacekeeping and<br />

HA/DR, live-fire drills<br />

directed at surface targets,<br />

and early warning<br />

drills. 270<br />

5/2/16–<br />

5/12/16<br />

ASEAN<br />

Defense<br />

Minister’s<br />

Meeting Plus<br />

(ADMM-<br />

Plus) Maritime<br />

Security<br />

and Counterterrorism<br />

Exercise<br />

(Singapore<br />

and Brunei)<br />

ASEAN,*<br />

the United<br />

States<br />

(and seven<br />

other<br />

countries)<br />

Guided-missile<br />

destroyer<br />

This semiannual exercise<br />

was larger and more<br />

complex than any previous<br />

ADMM-Plus exercise.<br />

Maritime security<br />

and counterterrorism<br />

drills included helicopter<br />

operations, divisional<br />

tactics, and land storming<br />

in a counterterrorism<br />

scenario. 271<br />

5/21/16–<br />

6/10/16<br />

Blue<br />

Strike-2016<br />

(Thailand)<br />

Thailand<br />

Warship,<br />

nine amphibious<br />

armored<br />

vehicles, air<br />

defense and<br />

antitank<br />

missile<br />

launchers,<br />

naval<br />

aviation<br />

troops, and<br />

266 marines<br />

In the third major exercise<br />

between the two<br />

militaries, China sent a<br />

warship and naval aviation<br />

troops to the exercise<br />

for the first time.<br />

Marines from both sides<br />

held seminars on antipiracy,<br />

disaster relief,<br />

and air defense operations.<br />

The exercise also<br />

included training at sea<br />

and on land, including<br />

counterterrorism, antichemical<br />

warfare, and<br />

live-fire drills. 272<br />

5/23/16–<br />

5/28/16<br />

Aerospace<br />

Security-<br />

2016<br />

(Russia)<br />

Russia Not reported The two countries conducted<br />

their first ‘‘computer-assisted<br />

antimissile<br />

defense exercise.’’<br />

dkrause on DSKHT7XVN1PROD with USCC<br />

* All ASEAN members sent troops to the exercise except Burma and Laos. China Military Online,<br />

‘‘Destroyer Lanzhou Leaves Singapore after ADMM-Plus Exercise,’’ May 13, 2016.<br />

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