China: Air Force Holds Drills In Western Pacific Ocean
China: Air Force Holds Drills In Western Pacific Ocean
China's air force said Sept. 25 it had flown more than 40 bombers and other fighter planes through a strait between Japanese islands on their way to drills in the western Pacific Ocean, Reuters reported. Chinese aircraft did the exercises after flying over the Miyako Strait, a body of water between Japan's islands of Miyako and Okinawa. The drills were for the air force to protect China's sovereignty and national security, China's air force spokesman said. China's navy has often used the Miyako Strait, a key strategic route for the military, as a pathway from eastern China to the Pacific Ocean. The deployment comes as China increasingly asserts itself in territorial disputes in the South China Sea and East China Sea. China's ties with Japan have been strained by its territorial disputes in the East China Sea.
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