CHINA-PLA NAVY: LARGEST EXERCISE ACROSS TAIWAN IN 20 YEARS

45 warships, including two Jin-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), along with at least two new Shang-class nuclear attack submarines, participated in the recent PLAN parade. Led by China's first aircraft carrier the Liaoning carried out a 'live-fire' exercise the on April 18, 2018 in a "live fire" closure area in the Taiwan Strait that had been announced earlier. Significantly, while the actual location of the closure area is within 12nm of the PRC coast in the vicinity of the Fujian Province, the PLA Daily published a statement 'that the closure area was meant to be check on Taiwan independence.'  

(Comment: The PLAN Exercise was clearly a signal to Taiwan as well as the US and others of China's resolve to effect the reunification with Taiwan and deter others from interfering.)






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