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The use of civilian ships to support combat could expand the military’s reach but blur targeting rules in wartime. Advertisement Earlier this month the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tested the use of a civilian heavy lift ship as a floating landing pad for Army helicopters. PLA attack and transport helicopters landed on a semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, the Zhen Hua 28, whose deck was marked off into three landing areas. Ships like the Zhen Hua 28 flood ballast tanks to partially sink so that large marine cargoes like smaller vessels or oil rigs can be floated on and off their...
