Came across some cool shots on my favorite Chinese web site (China Defense Mashup) of Xian JH-7 fighter bombers on the deck snapped by a People's Liberation Army Navy pilot.
In the book I'm now reading - Chinese Aerospace Power: Evolving Maritime Roles - one of the contributors talks about PLAN pilot training as the role of PLAN air assets evolve. In the past, PLAN aircraft were mainly tasked with defending naval bases and ports, but a major emphasis is now placed on using aircraft to hit naval targets far out at sea.
As such, one key area of pilot training is low altitude ingress tactics coupled with precision munitions. Apparently Chinese military thinkers were impressed by Argentina's effective use of such tactics against the technologically superior Royal Navy during the Falklands war of 1982.
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