Retired Chinese naval officer and military commentator Wang Yunfei was on vacation in Okinawa and he felt the PLA is trailing behind Japan in terms of training after watching JASDF aircraft practice in less than ideal weather.
“The cloud was barely 200 to 300 metres above ground and the jets immediately disappeared into the cloud after take-off,” South China Morning Post quoted Wang as saying.
“In China, [our military planes] would not have taken off [for training] if the cloud was lower than 400 metres above ground,” he explained.
“Some people hold the view that our military planes are more advanced than others. But if we look at the level of training of our forces … We are not at the same level [as others] yet.”