China Drops Thousands of Bombs and Missiles in Colossal Military Exercise

May 25, 2021

Newsweek:


The Chinese military has publicized its latest live-fire exercise in the South China Sea, where dozens of warplanes took part in bombing runs and anti-ship missile strikes, according to state media reports.

Aircraft assigned to the South Sea Fleet, which is part of the People’s Liberation Army Southern Theater Command, released “thousands of munitions” during the drills, China’s state broadcaster said Monday.

According to its report, pilots trained in “precision strike” and “saturation attack” as warplanes flew at low altitudes and unloaded bombs, anti-ship rockets and autocannon fire at floating targets in the sea…



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