China’s military practices for ’surprise attack’ over sea near Korea
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China’s air force has carried out exercises near the Korean peninsula, practicing to defend against a “surprise attack” coming over the sea, Chinese state media said.
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An anti-aircraft defense battalion held the exercises early on Tuesday, near the #Bohai_Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea that separates China from the Korean peninsula, an official military website said.
Troops traveled to the site from central China before immediately beginning drills to fend off the “surprise attack” simulating real battle, it said.
“The troops’ rapid response capabilities and actual combat levels have effectively been tested.”It was the first time certain weapons, which the website did not identify, had been used to shoot down low-altitude targets coming over the sea, www.81.cn said, without elaborating.
The drills “do not target any particular goal or country”, and were part of an annual plan intended to boost the troops’ capability, China’s Defence Ministry said on its website late on Wednesday, in a response to media.
