China and Russia have teamed up on drills aimed at countering North Korea, as well as the U.S. and its regional allies, amid the threat of nuclear war outbreak.

The two countries on Monday began a joint computer-simulated anti-missile air drill in Beijing that will last six days. China’s defense ministry said its exercises with Russia are aimed at repelling ballistic and cruise missiles in the region from other countries. They are also meant to show Pyongyang that China and Russia are gearing up for a potential crisis, according to military experts.

“These exercises are aimed at preparing the two militaries as North Korea becomes more provocative and unpredictable, and with no sign that Pyongyang is likely to give up its nuclear program and the U.S. repeatedly threatening to strike the North,” Li Jie, a military expert in Beijing, told the South China Morning Post on Tuesday.
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The exercise by China and Russia started the same day that the U.S., South Korea and Japan initiated two-day missile-tracking drills in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. - Newsweek