{"id":149032,"date":"2026-04-02T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149032"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:00:08","slug":"pla-upgrades-ageing-tanks-with-protection-system-for-potential-taiwan-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149032","title":{"rendered":"PLA upgrades ageing tanks with protection system for potential Taiwan operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe People\u2019s Liberation Army has upgraded its ageing tanks for a potential Taiwan operation, equipping them with a system to counter drone attacks and anti-tank missiles, according to state media.<br \/>\nType 96A main battle tanks with the GL-6 active protection system, or APS, installed were shown in video footage released by official newspaper China Youth Daily on Monday.<br \/>\nThe tanks belong to the 71st Group Army unit under the PLA\u2019s Eastern Theatre Command, which is mainly responsible for possible&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3348816\/pla-upgrades-ageing-tanks-protection-system-potential-taiwan-operation?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe People\u2019s Liberation Army has upgraded its ageing tanks for a potential Taiwan operation, equipping them with a system to counter drone attacks and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149032"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149032\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}