On the 18th, the "Friendship Shield 2024" joint exercise between China and Laos launched a comprehensive exercise with full process and all elements of actual combat. Various unmanned equipment developed by China has been deployed in the exercise, including assault machine dogs equipped with automatic rifles, integrated unmanned aerial vehicles capable of accurately sniping targets from the air, and tracked unmanned light tanks. According to media reports, multiple types of unmanned equipment have been integrated into the China Laos joint exercise: the air assault team uses reconnaissance and precision killing integrated unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance; Participating officers and soldiers use robotic dogs to launch firepower assaults, providing cover for special operations team members to carry out rescue operations; The drone countermeasure equipment drives away and makes an emergency landing on the "enemy" drone. The People's Liberation Army also transported a light unmanned tracked tank into the battlefield by helicopter. The Chinese commander stated that the People's Liberation Army is exploring the integration of unmanned equipment into combat operations, greatly enhancing the battlefield perception and firepower strike capabilities of special operations teams, and successfully completing tasks while reducing the risk of casualties. In May of this year, China's intelligent unmanned equipment "robot dog" made its debut in the joint performance of China and Cambodia's "Jinlong-2024", attracting attention. At that time, analysis pointed out that the appearance of machine dogs equipped with automatic rifles in the exercise showed that China was changing traditional battlefield rules. At that time, the Chinese participating team members introduced that the B1 quadruped "robot dog" was a new member in our city's offensive and defensive operations during training, "replacing our team members to conduct reconnaissance and detect enemies before launching firepower strikes. (New Society)