Reader Submitted Content – The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) exercise, codenamed Joint Sword, simulated attacking Taiwan from all sides, including its Aircraft Carrier Force.
As the drills around Taiwan came to an end, the PLA said it had “comprehensively tested” the capabilities of multiple units under combat conditions.
“The troops in the theater are ready to fight all the time and can fight at any time, resolutely crushing any form of Taiwan independence separatism and foreign interference,” the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command said in a statement.
The People’s Republic of China views Taiwan as a rogue province that is fully within its sovereign territory. It has never ruled out the use of force to bring it under Beijing’s control in the future and, in recent years in particular, has undertaken increasingly complex large-scale military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait and around the island.
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Looks like more than flexing of muscles can you see a up coming war what about the Philippians NEXT😉