{"id":149923,"date":"2026-04-18T10:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149923"},"modified":"2026-04-18T10:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T10:00:14","slug":"could-the-pla-use-minelaying-drones-in-a-first-island-chain-blockade-over-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149923","title":{"rendered":"Could the PLA use minelaying drones in a first island chain blockade over Taiwan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe People\u2019s Liberation Army could use minelaying drones to blockade Japan and other waters in the strategic first island chain during a conflict over Taiwan, a mainland Chinese military magazine has suggested.<br \/>\nThe PLA\u2019s strategy would see AJX002 drones used for \u201coffensive minelaying\u201d missions targeting Japan\u2019s islands, including the Ryukyu archipelago, as well as the waters of the Philippines, according to an analysis in the latest edition of Shipborne Weapons.<br \/>\nIt comes as America\u2019s blockade of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3350562\/could-pla-use-minelaying-drones-first-island-chain-blockade-over-taiwan?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 could use minelaying drones to blockade Japan and other waters in the strategic first island chain during a conflict over&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\/149923"}],"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=149923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}