A PLA airforce J-10A fighter is seen during a training module in preparation for the International Army Games. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) air force will send H-6K bombers, J-10A fighters, JH-7A fighter-bombers, IL-76 and Y-9 transport aircrafts, and a team of airborne troops to Russia to participate in the International Army Games 2018. It will be the first time that H-6K bombers and Y-9 transport aircraft have gone abroad to take part in military competitions. Xinhua
SCMP: China to send strategic bombers, fighter jets for war games in Russia
H-6Ks – used for patrols around South China Sea and Taiwan Strait – among Chinese aircraft taking part in international drills this month
China’s air force will send strategic bombers, fighter jets and transport aircraft to take part in war games in Russia this month, as Beijing tries to boost defence ties with Moscow.
Among the Chinese military aircraft at the International Army Games on July 28 will be H-6K bombers, which have carried out patrols around the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.
Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Iran will also join the exercises.
It is the first time the strategic bombers and Y-9 transport aircraft, which has a range of around 7,800km, will participate in overseas war games, a spokesman for the PLA Air Force said on Thursday.
The H-6K bombers – with 1,600km air-launched cruise missiles and reportedly a combat range of 3,500km – conducted take-off and landing drills over the South China Sea in May, which Washington said would “raise tensions and destabilise the region”.
It came after the US Air Force flew B-52 bombers in the “vicinity” of the South China Sea in late April.
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Update #1: PLA air force to send H-6K bombers to Int'l Army Games -- Xinhuanet
Update #2: China Sends Strategic Bombers for International Drills in Russia -- Sputnik
WNU editor: Another sign on how close Russian - Chinese military ties are becoming.
3 comments:
Putin isn't that dumb. He knows China looks at Russia as a stepping stone, that they'll eventually invade for resources, nothing more. We all know Russian population is in decline. You will have less than 80 million people defending the largest land mass (by far! ) and largest borders ..and Russia cannot win the AI game either. China has already overtaken them and leaves them far far behind, means the Russian nuclear deterrent will lose value over time too (as AI will completely be leapfrogging defensive and offensive capabilities, monitoring, predicting, etc)..on top Chinese don't think much of anyone except Chinese. On top religion (except state religion, ie obedience to the Chinese party) is more and more outlawed and controlled. Try combining that with Russian orthodox church. Putin is not that dumb. He knows Europeans and Americans are much closer by blood and culture than Chinese. And considering all the intrusions he has started (Ukraine, Georgia) and who he had sided with (Syria, a bit Iran), he's actually getting away with murder..sure,there's Russian hysteria in the west, but it's not undeserved and we can and still do appreciate our crazy brothers (crazy Ivans! :)), but we can't help Russia against China if they so much thrive to have us as enemies. Why Russia doesn't try to behave like a normal state is beyond me. And I don't mean the people. I mean Putin. All that murdering of opposition. ..the corruption. .the shitty economy. .the portrayal of us (the West) as evil etc. .. it's not the cold war anymore and he goes out of his way to keep looking for trouble instead of working with us. Once he's gone (once Russians feel they want something different/someone else to lead them/get a fair election),I think things will change.
Or it could get worse, the replacement may be a lot more extreme than Vlad. Hope not....
The replacement of Putin will be worrying. Putin is predictable, cautious. For his domestic behavior that's not our business. WE know what we have, we just have to hope for the future.
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