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Today is the official launch of PLATracker, a site dedicated to providing data-driven analysis of Chinese military activity and regional security developments in Asia.
PLATracker
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PLATracker
@PLATracker
Monitoring Chinese military activity and regional security developments in the Indo-Pacific.
Joined January 2024
- PLATracker is excited to announce the launch of two new public datasets covering military activity around Japan, and our first report of 2025. 🧵1/5
- The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force conducted its first-ever Taiwan Strait transit with the JS Sazanami (DD-113) on 25 Sep 2024 (file photo):
- According to the Japanese Ministry of Defense, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has deployed two carrier groups to the Western Pacific for the first time. Both CGs breached Japan's exclusive economic zone. (Images from Japan MoD)
- PLATracker DISPATCH - Here is our month-end summary with @detresfa_ where we track rising tensions around the Kinmen Islands, aggressive encounters in the South China Sea, PLA aircraft activity & more through February, 2024
- Launching PLATracker - DISPATCH Partnering with @detresfa_ our new infographic is designed to provide you with concise highlights into PLA & associated military activities within the INDOPAC Key Developments through 16-23 February, 2024
- Following the announcement of Chinese live-fire drills near Taiwan’s southwest coastline, here is a visual that highlights six notable PLA operations observed through February 2025.
- 🧵Taiwan's Coast Guard reported that 11 Chinese vessels entered the restricted waters near Kinmen in two groups on 09 May 2024. 7 of the vessels conducted "maritime exercises" in the restricted zone. This map provides the approximate location of each group and their composition:
- New satellite imagery via @SkyfiApp shows new aircraft at Yanliang AB, the production and test site of Xi’an Aircraft Company, in China. Visible are twenty-one Y-20 transport aircraft, eight H-6 bombers, and several fighter jets and turboprop transport aircraft. 1/4
- PLATracker DISPATCH 01 - 07 April 2024 Partnering with @detresfa_ we track increased heightened military activity in the South China Sea, PLA movements around Taiwan, and more:
- PLATracker DISPATCH 08 - 14 April 2024 Partnering with @detresfa_ we track heightened PLA activity around Taiwan, key developments in the South China Sea, and more:
- 🧵Off Sabina Shoal, two Chinese Coast Guard vessels harass and collide with two Philippine Coast Guard vessels while in transit to the Patag (Flat) and Lawak (Nanshan) Islands. This map provides their approximate location of the incidents:
- PLATracker DISPATCH - Here is our month-end summary with @detresfa_ where we track aggressive encounters in the South China Sea, increased PLA air activity around Taiwan & more through March, 2024:
- PLATracker DISPATCH 08 - 17 March 2024 Partnering with @detresfa_ we track increased PLA activity around Taiwan and Japan, key developments in the South China Sea, and more:
