China’s Peoples Liberation Army Short Range Air Defense Platform the Type-625 E is an interesting weapon system. It fires its gatling at an insane 5,000 roudns per minute. The army and the military forces in China use this to destroy UAV’s drones, cruise missiles and attack helicopters. air defense is an interesting capability to examine in general for China’s forces. How would this be used to defend strategic assets in the event of an invasion of Taiwan? Chris Cappy from Task & Purpose investigates the military history of these systems in this episode.
