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Chinese PLA releases photos from CBRN medical response exercise

Soldiers from the Chinese PLA Xinjiang Military Command conducting a recent CBRN exercise. China Military

The Chinese People's Liberation Army has released photos from a recent CBRN medical response exercise.

The four photos show soldiers assigned to an army unit under the Chinese People's Liberation Army's Xinjiang Military Command conducting various manoeuvres in a CBRN environment.

These included searching for chemical casualties, providing security cover for teammates in a simulated chemical-contaminated area, performing first aid on a simulated chemical casualty and conducting medical evacuation and triage of a chemical casualty. The four photos are below.

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