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UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9 PAGE : 0008 COMMAND, TROOP TRAINING, POLITICAL WORK, MILITARY LOGISTICS, MILITARY GEOGRAPHY, MILITARY HISTORY, AND THE MILITARY SYSTEM. AMS IS NOW DEALING WITH NUMEROUS COMPLICATED PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE PLA AS A RESULT OF GREAT CHANGES IN THE WORLD'S STRATEGIC PATTERNS AND RAPID S AND T DEVELOPMENTS. AMS IS SERVING AS A "THINK TANK", "BRAINTRUST", AND "COMMAND DEPT" TO IMPROVE DEFENSE STRATEGIES, ARMY BUILDING, AND PREDICTIVE RESEARCH ON IMPORTANT ISSUES OF FUTURE WARFARE. THE ACADEMY IS “LOOKING TO THE FUTURE" IN APPLYING SUCH MODERN S AND T METHODS AS CYBERNETICS, SYSTEMATOLOGY, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND AUTOMATION IN ITS RESEARCH IN SIMULATED OPERATIONS, COMMAND AUTOMATION, MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE, AND MILITARY DATA BANKS. AMS HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED OVER 1,000 STRATEGIC, CAMPAIGN, AND TACTICAL RESEARCH MODELS, SIMULATIONS SYSTEMS, AND SPECIAL MODELS TO AID IT IN ITS RESEARCH WORK. B. UI AIR FORCE RI AND BEIJING FIRE BRIGADE DEVELOP "TURBOJET TAIL GAS/WATER MIST FIRE ENGINE" (LAD, 25 OCT). THIS HIGH EFFICIENCY FIRE-FIGHTING VEHICLE WAS DEVELOPED USING A DECOMMISSIONED TURBOJET ENGINE FROM A PLA AIR FORCE FIGHTER. DURING RECENT APPRAISAL TESTING, THE ENGINE EXTINGUISHED A BLAZING FIRE IN AN 80 SQUARE M OIL POOL IN UNDER 10 SECONDS. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL BRING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN CHINA'S FIRE-FIGHTING CAPABILITIES. CG. SHENYANG MR TRAINING SIMULATION EQUIPMENT RI TRANSFERS MILITARY LASER TECHNOLOGY TO ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY (LAD, 26 OCT). ‘THE RI APPLIED ITS LASER SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD A HIGH TECH AMUSEMENT PARK CALLED "LASER GUNFIGHTER CITY" IN YINGKOU IN LIAONING PROVINCE. THE PARK WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT THE RI NOW HAS CONTRACTS TO BUILD SIMILAR PARKS IN SHENYANG, DALIAN, LUOYANG, AND CHENGDU, WHICH WILL EARN IT A PROFIT OF OVER 1.6 MILLION YUAN. D. GLD HEALTH DEPT SETS UP RESEARCH FUND FOR MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL RETURNING FROM STUDIES ABROAD (LAD, 27 OCT). MILITARY MEDICAL PERSONNEL UNDER 45 YEARS OF AGE, WHO HAVE STUDIED ABROAD FOR AT LEAST 6 MONTHS AND HAVE RETURNED TO CHINA FOR LESS THAN 1 YEAR, ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE FUND WITH WHICH TO CARRY OUT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTS. NINETEEN RETURNING STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY OBTAINED ASSISTANCE FROM THE FUND, WITH 13 OF THEIR RESEARCH PROJECTS IN THE HIGH TECH BIOLOGICAL FIELD. E. GLD ORDNANCE RI SENIOR ENGINEER DEVELOPS "RADAR UNCLASSIFIED Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00792R000200600001-9