The presence of guided missiles in the PLA Garrison has been disclosed for the first time.
A picture in yesterday's edition of the Liberation Army Daily, the PLA mouthpiece, showed military trucks and men identified as being with 'the naval missile unit of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison'.
They were shown on parade with at least three types of guided missiles at an unidentified location presumed to be Stonecutters Island. The picture is unusual because the PLA rarely discloses its full battle order, especially for as sensitive a unit as the SAR Garrison.
The weapons included three cruise missiles, a pair of ship-to-ship missiles and a pair of shore-to-ship missiles, a military expert said.
'The guided-missile unit is a regimental-level unit under the PLA navy, which is at divisional level in Hong Kong,' he said.
Stonecutters Island is the base where guided-missile destroyers berth.
