Award-winning war game computer system creates 'realistic battlefield'

The People's Liberation Army has developed its first large-scale computer system for battle simulations, commonly known as war-gaming.

The system, launched in 2007, was created at the PLA's National Defense University and has been used so far to evaluate 22 large military operations.

It has also won 20 awards from the government and the PLA. The university is preparing to develop a second-generation system.