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Peace Mission 2005 ends in blaze of glory
By Sun Shangwu (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-08-26 05:55
WEIFANG, Shandong Province: Defence ministers of China and Russia yesterday
declared their first-ever joint military exercises a resounding success.
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Cao Gangchuan (centre), Chinese defence
minister, receives a model tank from the commander of Russian tank
forces August 25, 2005. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov (left)
smiles beside him. [newsphoto] | The eight-day
manoeuvres wrapped up yesterday with the launching of an 81-minute forced
isolation drill at the Weibei firing range in Shandong Province.
At 11:00 am, two strategic missile carrying Tu-95MS jets flew to the drill
zone after a four-and-half hour flight from their Russian airbase. An A-50 early
warning aircraft then established an airborne command centre directing war
planes taking part in the operation.
Four Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, also flying in from their Russian airbase,
launched attacks on 'enemy' positions 7 minutes later.
A total of 18 jet fighters in nine batches launched air strikes on "enemy
troops," their "central command" and "defences."
The joint artilleries rained hundreds of shells onto the frontline and other
targets deep in enemy territory. Bombs carrying propaganda leaflets were also
fired onto enemy positions in a psychological tactic to shake the enemy's will.
A total of four Russian Il-76 cargo jets and four similar Chinese cargo jets
dropped 24 combat vehicles onto the battlefield.
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