China stages navy drills after North Korea launch

China may have staged live-fire exercises to warn North Korea following the launch of its latest intercontinental ballistic missile.


Beijing's People's Liberation Army navy conducted more than 10 kinds of drills near the Korean peninsula that include dozens of missile tests, state media reported.

The drills ended Tuesday.

Surface ships, submarines, air support and coastguard forces took part in the drills, according to CCTV.

Aerial interception and assaults by land and sea, the simulation of real combat conditions, were all part of the drills, according to Chinese media.

Drills took place in waters between coastal Shandong province and Jiangsu province in the Yellow Sea, the Chinese navy said.
 [upi.com]
8/8/17