China Launches Massive Military Drills "In Preparation For War"

Just hours after the latest close military encounter between the US and China, when the US navy sailed a destroyer to within 12 nautical miles of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea as a "freedom of navigation" operation - a move that China condemned as a "severe provocation" just as the two countries launched an all-out trade war - the Chinese military launched its spring combat readiness drills with an air force exercise in the West Pacific and a joint combat patrol mission in the South China Sea.

The air force drills include H-6K bombers and Su-30 and Su-35 fighters, according to the PLA , and have a simple, if clear, purpose: "Air Force exercises are rehearsals for future wars and are the most direct preparation for war," the Chinese Air Force said on its Weibo account on Sunday, according to Reuters.

"The more exercises China practices far from its shores the better it will be positioned as an important force for managing and controlling crises, containing war and winning battles", it added.

A Chinese Su-35

Additionally, the PLA Navy is holding drills in the South China Sea to test the navy's combat readiness, China Central Television reported on Friday. It quoted the PLA Navy as saying the drills are routine and do not target any country, although the message had one clear recipient: USA.

"The South China Sea and East China Sea will be primary battlegrounds. The PLA is committed to be battle-ready through simulated combat training," Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Sunday.

"The 2018 drills will be routine and will be held every month, unlike in previous years," Song said, adding that drills were usually held in spring and autumn.

The Global Times reported that "the drills come as the situation in the South China Sea stabilizes." However, the Chinese state-owned nationalist paper added that "some nations are still trying to stir up regional disputes, Wang Xiaopeng, a maritime border expert at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Sunday." 

Although the drills do not target any specific country, they are focused on enhancing China's capability to safeguard the country's sovereignty, Wang said.

News of the drills comes a day after the USS Mustin came within 12 nautical miles of Meiji Reef in the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, has urged the army at all levels to enhance military training oriented to combat readiness and to put military training at a strategic position and as the central work with effective results, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

Xi called on the armed forces to enhance targeted and adversarial training, improve actual combat ability, and firmly grasp the capability to win battles.

The Air Force even released a photo of a Su-30 fighter jet on Sino Weibo during its drills. The caption read, "It's spring time. Let's spread the wings across the ocean." By releasing the photo, the PLA Air Force demonstrated its confidence in the open-sea training and the use of weapons, Song said.

The routine military drills in 2018 will focus more on the use of high-end weapons, especially in an electromagnetic environment, as well as on combined forces training, Song added. 

As a strategic force, the air force has extended its activities from inland to the deep ocean, it said on Weibo. The air force has become a key force in shaping situations, controlling crises, constraining wars and winning battles, it said.

And so with the US and China already engaged in escalating trade war, it appears that Beijing is preparing for the next step.

Comments

peopledontwanttruth D.T.Barnum Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:05 Permalink

If you were China Russia and especially Iran 

Wouldn't you be preparing for war?

The jury is in, this isn't Dec 6th and they're TRYING to say they don't know where Japan's aircraft carriers are at.  They all know what the USA is capable of and about to do.   

They all know it's about the dollars END.  

This is a madman losing his money and bullying rights 

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peopledontwanttruth Hugh_Jorgan Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:14 Permalink

I agree and just like anything that's called from rain today snow.  Boston to the Cubs winning the WS to the Eagles winning the SB, eventually it does happen.  

There's a lot of evidence this war will happen.  The nuts are truly running the asylum now.  There's to much evidence and proof via the media, hacking or international spying that there's no fooling EVERYONE with propaganda.  

The world has caught on 

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Baron von Bud peopledontwanttruth Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:59 Permalink

The South China Sea is the ideal place for America to learn to stay the f#$k out of other nations' business. Let China, Philippines, Brunei, and Malaysia sort it out or shoot it out among themselves. Otherwise, some US ships will get sunk, John Bolton will scream for war, and Russia's automated nuke subs will submerge America's east coast up to 400 miles inland with radioactive cobalt. Easy choice to make unless you're insane.

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house biscuit beepbop Sun, 03/25/2018 - 12:44 Permalink

What's wrong spam lady, used cars not selling today?

The demons of war are already here

Some reasonable people say WWIII is underway: silent weapons being used to wage a quiet war

As the legend goes, instead of bullets, TPTB are firing scenarios & hoaxes

Instead of bombs, there are false flags & central bank collusion

If the end result is the slow genocide of a people, a culture & a way of life, does the delivery method matter?

 

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peopledontwanttruth IridiumRebel Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:30 Permalink

I agree it can't hurt being prepared to whatever degree one can.  

I do see differences with this situation like no other. That may not matter. 

The use of nuclear weapons that make the two in August of 45 look like M-80s. 

The completely anti God atmosphere so prevalent among people with no regard for life, the law of nature and decency    Where pillaging will be a daily right out of the gate situation with tens of millions doing it and perhaps even the police to military leading the way  

The end of money aka currency as we know it where nothing you have of value will really have a value   

 

Were not in Kansas anymore Toto 

 

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Sabibaby IridiumRebel Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:38 Permalink

Been holding gold and BAGS of silver and since 2006, at least the gold appreciated. Guns appreciated too but all of it takes up too much space. Back then it was Peak Oil, Petro-Dollar collapse, Greatest Depression, WWIII, now it's China -which I fully believe to be the end game but it will be very slow, like after I'm dead.

 

Convinced myself hold onto the numismatic coins Panda/Kukaburra/Mapple Leaf/Philharmonic/Kugerrand and ditch the rest when the silver hits triple digits but it may not be in my lifetime...

 

"stocking up" was hobby now it's a hassle.

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jmack Sabibaby Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:57 Permalink

melt the silver you dont want, mold it into crosses, then market it to the vampire crazed zombies, or mold it into chintzy pirate rings a la johnny deps rings on pirates of the carribean and sell it to art show booth dealers or online.  should get a mark up that at least pays for the spread, if you didnt buy it up above $30 per ounce at least.

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east of eden Sabibaby Sun, 03/25/2018 - 12:49 Permalink

Yep, agreed. Did some 'nuke mapping' yesterday and aside from storing some blankets and water in my car, having national cash on hand, plus a little gold an silver, in case of a nuclear attack, my best option would be to just get in my car and drive as fast as I can, west. Even considering a 800KT hit on my home city, I only need to get 6 km west to be outside the 'burn zone'. What happens with the pressure wave is anybody's guess. I suppose it would depend on whether it was a surface detonation or an air detonation. Maybe me and my car will end up on the top of someone's roof, if I'm lucky.

Whatever happens after that, who knows.

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HRClinton peopledontwanttruth Sun, 03/25/2018 - 13:13 Permalink

True, but it goes deeper than that: if the USD loses its GRC status, then beloved Israel will no longer have unlimited funds. And anything can happen after that. 

That is the real fear of all the DualCitizens and Israel Firsters in the US and UK.

(The US itself will be fine, after a period of adaption.)

Got clarity? Got perspective? Try to keep it when others aren't. 

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Justin Case New_Meat Sun, 03/25/2018 - 12:18 Permalink

has any country at any time ever done a military drill that wasn't "in preparation for war"?

murica has been doing this all over the world. Little wonder Russia has been preparing for many years against the aggressors in EU and ZATO's continuous expansion in Europe. The hypocrites in DC run around with their finger up their ass pointing at Russia as "a threat" and "aggressor" going to invade and take over Europe. Full support by the presstitues, scaring the majority of the brain dead sheep in murica. 

The murican military is way behind in technology. They can't build fighter planes that can even fly, ships that can sail out of the harbor without mechanical failures. The kids enrolling in the military are useless, gender confused, over weight, and under educated, generally from of the bottom of the barrel of society. No job, no education, no future, join the army.

Tax payers didn't get their money's worth from the MIC, which is actually just a tax payer money laundering scheme for the oligarchs. Compare global budgets that countries spend on military compared to murica and what they have for tax payers coin. Woar is the final solution for the dying empire.   

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Labworks Sun, 03/25/2018 - 10:58 Permalink

i'm getting forced to take a job i don't want..i don't get along with the employer...please china start nuking already..get me out of this situation

D.T.Barnum FreeShitter Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:09 Permalink

I was just thinking how people think "American Idol" or "The Voice" is such a great opportunity for musicians, but it's really just a control mechanism to subvert and pervert all the talent of the world.  They get your claws in you, indoctrinate you into the bilderberger CFR freemasonic type of crowd, control you, own you, mk ultra you, whatever.  Make sure you are on board with the globalist neo-liberal agenda. 

They can't have a peacocking powerhouse guitarist like Jimi be out there on his own, speaking out against bombing poor people in huts.  It's all just part of the matrix.  They don't just have a monopoly on the medium of exchange, they have a monopoly on musical talent; and music is (well, could be anyway) a very, very powerful (even magical) tool to communicate and bring people together for something positive. 

Machine Gun (Live) (1997 Digital Remaster) - YouTube

 

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roadhazard Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:02 Permalink

Those islands are a good place for a limited war. The Chinese fight with a shorter supply line. The US is always spending money on the military like WW2 never stopped. China has to decide if they can fight a with war no US consumers.

peopledontwanttruth roadhazard Sun, 03/25/2018 - 11:10 Permalink

They've all painted themselves into a corner for the most part.

Iran though has been pretty much isolated since 79, has some of the largest reserves on the planet and has survived.  When the world kicks the dollar to the curb Iran will show them how it's done.  

Russia likewise has their banking set up to not need the SWIFT program and green toilet paper.  

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