PLA troops sent gold, New Taiwan and US dollars in ‘wartime financial support’ drill

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The People’s Liberation Army conducted a ‘wartime financial support’ drill involving drone delivery of cash and gold, simulating a Taiwan operation. The exercise by the PLA Eastern Theatre Command stirred online controversy and was later removed from state media.

The People’s Liberation Army used a drone to deliver cases of cash and gold bars in a field during a “wartime financial support” drill apparently simulating a Taiwan operation, according to a state media report. A multi-rotor drone was used to drop the camouflage cases at designated locations during the exercise conducted by the PLA Eastern Theatre Command, national newspaper Defence Times said last week. The report prompted heated discussion online and has since been deleted. It included...