Chinese Air Force Holds Live-Fire War Drill In South China Sea Days After US Exercise

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• Chinese Air Force Holds Live-Fire War Drill In South China Sea Days After US Exercise
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  China Central Television, as per the Twitter account of the official People’s Daily newspaper, reported Saturday that the Chinese military deployed fighter jets and bombers to conduct live-fire war drills in the disputed South China Sea, just days after the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and nuclear-capable US B-52 strategic bombers held exercises over the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan on September 27.
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  The report said dozens of jet fighters from the People’s Liberation Army Naval Air Force from the Southern Theater Command on early Saturday conducted “live-fire drills to tests pilots’ assault, penetration and precision-strike capabilities at sea,” said The Japan Times.
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  Beijing on Thursday blasted the US and Japan exercise over the East China Sea, calling them a “provocation.”
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  “China’s principle and standpoint on the South China Sea are always clear,” Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said, according to Chinese state-run media. “China firmly opposes U.S. military aircraft’s provocation in the South China Sea, and will take all necessary measures.”
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