Army's Olympic figures revealed

The Chinese army had deployed more than 46,000 servicemen for security and safety operations in Beijing, Qingdao and Hong Kong during last year's Beijing Olympics, a top Chinese military official revealed yesterday in a published article.

Also 44 sets of air-defense missiles, 63 ships, 98 aircrafts and 60 helicopters were pressed into service, the PLA revealed for the first time since the Games.

"The length of the Beijing Olympics' security mission topped the record in the military's security mission history The number of troops deployed for the mission were the highest of its kind so far," wrote Li Jinai, the head of the People's Liberation Army's General Political Department, in an article titled Army's Support for Games, Brilliance in History.