#Fujian #PLAGF
Of course, Apple Maps’ military blurring policy is not perfect. Not all military sites are censored, and in some unusual cases, sites are only partially blurred.
Apple Maps has started applying blur processing to satellite images of Chinese military facilities
If this is China-specific, it suggests Apple may be bending its services to Beijing’s censorship and information-control policies.
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#PLAN
Type-956EM Taizhou (138) vs. Type-956E Fuzhou (137):
Taizhou moves the HQ-10 to the stern, upgrades VLS from 16+16 to 32+16 cells, and replaces Kashtan with a Type 1130 CIWS. Fuzhou retains AK-630 and a stern AK-130.
Both are Russian-built Sovremenny-class destroyers.
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#InnerMongolia
A new UAV site has been identified in Inner Mongolia at Sanfenzi (三分子).
The runway was established between 2014 and 2015 but has undergone significant upgrades in recent years. It is likely a test facility.
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#PLAAF #Jilin
Built last year in northern China, it appears to be a new air defence site operated by the 98th bn and may be equipped with HQ-22 systems.
Like other recently constructed sites, it also deviates from the conventional design of China’s air defence installations.
#PLAGF #Jilin
Some Artillery forces posted at Ertaizi AB (AVIC Shuangji Machinery Factory) in north China for training (Sept. 2024)
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#PLAAF #SouthChinaSea
A rare view of Fiery Cross Reef captured from the side of a Y-20 (of the 13th Air Division).
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#ROCAF
For reasons that are unclear, Taiwan chose at the beginning of the current decade to deactivate the air defense battery (which at the time was equipped with Hawk missiles) in the Jiali District, leaving all of Tainan covered by just a single Patriot battery (794U631Y3L).
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