How are Chinese infantry units training to survive drone-filled battlefields?

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A brigade in China’s PLA 75th Group Army has made counter-drone training compulsory after exercises showed traditional camouflage leaves infantry vulnerable to aerial surveillance and attacks. The units are adopting new equipment and tactics to evade drones and drone-directed artillery.

China’s infantry units are adapting to the growing threat from drones, with some brigades introducing compulsory counter-drone training, new equipment and fresh tactics to help soldiers evade aerial surveillance and attacks. The latest example comes from a brigade of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) 75th Group Army, which has made counter-drone training compulsory after an exercise exposed how troops relying on traditional camouflage were vulnerable to drone-directed artillery...