Chinese military and civilian teams rehearsed rescue drills with super-heavy class quadcopter drones in a simulated flood disaster following the “overflowing” of a dam in the Hejiang Garden Expo section in Hezhou City in Guangxi. The drill saw local military-civilian joint flood fighting teams initiating a “multi-subject high intensity” rescue effort. 

The exercise aimed to test the “emergency response capabilities of the militia units” of the local military districts, using drones for various purposes like detecting trapped people, dropping relief material, and transporting casualties. 

Moreover, indicating an effort toward further integrating the military and private, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) also reportedly “continued to go deep into local high-tech enterprises to find out more about drones.”

(With inputs from agencies)