A J-31 stealth fighter of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force lands on a runway at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, November 11, 2014
China’s air force has been practicing for a surprise attack coming over the sea in exercises simulating real battle.
(BEIJING) 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 reported.
An anti-aircraft defense battalion carried out the exercises early on Tuesday, near the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea that separates China from the peninsula, an official military website http://www.81.cn reported.
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 said.
It was the first time certain weapons, which it did not identify, had been used to shoot down low-altitude targets coming over the sea, http://www.81.cn said, without elaborating.
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