The Chinese military conducted exercises in real combat mode after an American missile destroyer passed near the Taiwan Strait, TASS reports.
The official representative of the Eastern Zone of the Combat Command of the People’s Liberation Army of China, Shi Yi, said that military maneuvers were conducted in the air and at sea in the southwestern waters of Taiwan. Ships, long-range radar detection aircraft and bombers were used in the exercises.
It is added that the exercises are aimed at improving the combat capability of the Chinese army.
Earlier, Shi Yi called the recent passage of the American missile destroyer Barry through the Taiwan Strait unacceptable. China believes that such actions pose a threat to security in the region.