China reacts: Beijing unleashes DESTROYER in explosive drills as North Korea tensions rise
NORTH KOREA’S continual threatening of the US – and President Trump’s relentless pressuring on China – has forced President Xi Jinping to respond with firepower.
By ZOIE O’BRIEN
Express.co.uk
Tue, Aug 8, 2017
Missile were launched in a blaze of smoke and fire across the Yellow Sea on Monday as The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) navy tested its gargantuan ordnance.
The ferocious fleet was sent out to test fire from one of its 35 Destroyers – the Taizhou.
Impressive images of the drill have now emerged online, just weeks after the PLA showed off its ground units.
Thousands upon thousands of commandos were pictured marching across the desert through Zhurihe military training base in Inner Mongolia.
Days later President Xi told troops they should be poised for attack.
He said: “No one should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit that is harmful to our sovereignty, security or development interests
“We will never allow any people, organisation or political party to split any part of Chinese territory out of the country at any time, in any form.
“The Chinese people love peace. We will never seek aggression or expansion, but we have the confidence to defeat all invasions.”
Beijing announced earlier in 2017 its military was to be expanded – especially the national people’s Liberation Army (PLA).
And drills have been taking place around the world, in joint ops with Russia.
Flexing its military muscle has come as North Korea threatens the US with nuclear missiles, and at the same time, Trump leans on China to find the solution.
President Trump has mocked the Red Army, claiming they are doing nothing about North Korea.
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