A group of Chinese H-6K bombers recently flew near Taiwan with the aim of carrying out “confrontation exercises“, the Chinese media announced on Sunday evening.
Chinese bombers carried out maneuvers near Taiwan. PHOTO Shutterstock
The announcement takes place just a few days before a scheduled meeting between the Chinese and American presidents, reports Reuters, quoted by News.ro.
The national television did not communicate any precise date, publishing this information through its account on the Weibo social network dedicated to military activities.
“Several J-10 fighters flew in formation into a designated target airspace, and several H-6K bombers headed toward waters and airspace around Taiwan to conduct simulated exercises of confrontation“, it is written, without further details.
The H-6K is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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Considered by China to be a renegade province, which it does not rule out taking back by force, Taiwan has benefited from important unofficial support from the United States for decades. Washington has no formal diplomatic relations with Taipei, but is its main arms supplier.
