And of course in ‘95-96, the PLA Air Force almost never flew over water,” said Finkelstein, a retired U.S. It’s actually mind-staggering how quickly the PLA Navy has built itself up. After an extensive manhunt and assistance from a witness, DeKalb County police have arrested a shooting suspect who prompted an hourslong standoff near Lithonia High School. “The PLA Navy has made remarkable progress since 19. military’s high-tech display in the first Gulf War, “went to school on the American way of war” and launched a concerted effort to invest in their military and - above all - to bolster their position in the Taiwan Strait, Kroenig said.īeijing drew a number of lessons from the 1995-96 crisis, concluding it needed satellite surveillance and other intelligence to spot adversaries over the horizon, and a “blue water” navy and air force able to sail and fly across the western Pacific, according to David Finkelstein, director of China and Indo-Pacific security affairs at CNA, an independent research institute. On the way to Season 4 While our team is working hard on the new season and its trailer, we decided to hold the Content Creators contest.