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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Tue Aug 2, 2016, 06:45 PM Aug 2016

Chinese Navy Holds Live-Fire Drills In East China Sea

Source: Japan Times

AUG 2, 2016

The Chinese Navy held live-fire drills in the East China Sea on Monday, the Defense Ministry said in a short statement posted to its website.

The drills, the statement said, involved firing dozens of missiles and torpedoes and was aimed at bolstering “the assault intensity, precision, stability and speed of troops amid heavy electromagnetic influences,” an apparent reference to electronic warfare.

“An information technology-based war at sea is sudden, cruel and short, which requires fast transition to combat status, quick preparation and high assault efficiency,” the statement said.

The drill involved naval aviation forces, including submarines, ships and coast guard servicemen.

Read more: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/08/02/asia-pacific/chinese-navy-holds-live-fire-drills-in-east-china-sea/#.V6EhwdQrKXY

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Chinese Navy Holds Live-Fire Drills In East China Sea (Original Post) Purveyor Aug 2016 OP

The former SoS is up on this situation. What does Benedict Donald have to say? Hekate Aug 2016 #1

China, under Xi Jinping, has become very aggressive, xenophobic and racist Feeling the Bern Aug 2016 #2

Hekate

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1. The former SoS is up on this situation. What does Benedict Donald have to say?

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Tue Aug 2, 2016, 07:04 PM

Aug 2016

Oh, he plans to build a golf course on one of China's new "islands" so it's all good?

Feeling the Bern

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2. China, under Xi Jinping, has become very aggressive, xenophobic and racist

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Tue Aug 2, 2016, 08:07 PM

Aug 2016

If you listen to that toad speak, he sounds like the Chinese answer to Donald Trump.

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