Separate drills included simulations of attacks.The Chinese navy has carried out a series of"confrontational drills" in the South China Sea, according to state media, at the same time as a United States aircraft carrier group launched"maritime strike training" in the contested waterway.
The carrier group also practised attack and defence on the surface, in the air and underwater, it added.The report came as the US navy said its Nimitz carrier strike group was also carrying out exercises in the South China Sea as part of its"routine operations in the Indo-Pacific". The carrier strike group also carried out"integrated multi-domain and joint training between surface and air elements, and flight operations with fixed and rotary wing aircraft", the navy said.
The Chinese military will monitor"potentially provocative moves on China's doorstep and the foreign forces would serve as practice partners that contribute to the PLA's combat readiness", the tabloid cited analysts as saying.Join the 1 million News24 readers who are signed up to receive the top, must-read stories of the day in their inbox. Join them and get premium news, every weekday at 6 am.
So let us unpack that typical US/Nato war-mongering propaganda. China are being 'confrontational' in South China Sea while US fighter aircraft carriers have a natural right to peacefully surround China tens of thousand miles away from US.
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