China’s military rocket force uncovers ‘shortcomings’ – PLA Daily

A picture of the Rocket Force under the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) conducting conventional missile tests into the waters off the eastern coast of Taiwan, is seen on a newspaper front-page, at a newsstand in Beijing, China August 5, 2022. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A unit of China’s Rocket Force uncovered “shortcomings” during a field assessment of an exercise, the PLA Daily reported on Friday in a rare critique, suggesting gaps in combat readiness at the armed force overseeing conventional and nuclear missiles. Assessment of problems in the…