Why PLA shelled the Yellow Sea with not anti-ship missiles but rocket Launchers

Nanjing Military Region, 25 artillery units near the Yellow Sea, large-scale long-range rockets against the exercise, led by See. Exercise time happens to be the first day of the US-ROK military exercise, with a strong warning means that military experts pointed out that although the use of rockets against an American aircraft carrier groups can not pose a direct threat, but is reluctant to allow the U.S. to avoid in the future to China's coastal waters .



Taiwan's "China Times" reported that China Central Television on the 27th in the "News 30 minutes" program, broadcast the Nanjing Military Region held a large-scale long-range artillery guns against the live exercise. Reported that participated in the exercise for the country made guns is of the PLA Army major force in the long-range artillery, through the exercise of their full inspection. It is believed that this is 2006, the Nanjing Military Region of PHL03 assembly-type long-range, a range of 150 km.


Why not coast home for the People's Liberation Army anti-ship missiles, and artillery to the United States using traditional Audibles? Taiwan artillery experts said, the PLA wants to tell the United States, that the use of traditional fire Strait, but also dangerous, "like throwing stones on the sea, there are always scruple ships in the vicinity", let alone three months ago from a large group of stones, any groups are not close to the boat.


Rockets and missiles while not, but its low cost, with great rate of fire, fire, and sudden and fierce electronic interference from the characteristics of intensive firing and shells such as rain forests. Taiwan gun experts say the face of gun range of 150 kilometers, 200 kilometers of the U.S. fleet to keep a safe distance, and so on, the PLA also longer range guns, if used, and their fire coverage at or near the first island chain. PLA exercise, equal to the US-declared "best not to enter the first island chain formation."


Furthermore, in the People's Liberation Army make good use of revolutionary tactics, sought to "survival of the fittest." Experts familiar with the PLA soldiers, said to enjoy the PLA advanced weapons, the United States to acquire most of the traditional American disdain of force, often Zairu which drains ups. Rocket is the lowest energy show, if received early warning effect, but the best; not, there are other options as anti-PLA system, successive upgrade, do not rush out of the elite.


According to reports, the PLA launched the large-scale live-fire artillery exercises, using unmanned aerial vehicles, radar, television, and optical instruments such as battlefield reconnaissance means of multiple, integrated assessment of the entire exercise. Experts point out that in particular the use of UAVs, both reconnaissance in depth, but also to correct fire and battlefield surveillance.