Warplane drill hones skills far from home
WARPLANES from the Chinese Air Force have again carried out drills in the Western Pacific, flying through the Bashi Channel and the Miyako Strait.
The overflight last Friday involved “multiple types of warplanes,” meeting the set target, Air Force spokesman Shen Jinke said on Saturday.
The routine high sea drill is a common practice among all countries close to the sea, Shen said.
“It accords with international law and practice, doesn’t aim at any specific country, region or target, and is legitimate, reasonable and justified,” the spokesman said.
The Air Force would continue to conduct regular high sea drills and further improve its capabilities in safeguarding national sovereignty, security.
China carried out similar exercises in the Western Pacific at least twice in September.
The country has been increasing its research into advanced new military equipment, including stealth jets, submarines, aircraft carriers and anti-satellite missiles.
China’s Air Force, along with its Navy, has been honing its abilities to conduct operations far from its shores, including drills in which aircraft have flown through the Miyako Strait, a body of water between Japan’s islands of Miyako and Okinawa, on their way to the Pacific.
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