China’s H-6 bombers in show of air-navy coordination near southern Japan, military experts say


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People’s Liberation Army bombers flew over the Miyako Strait in southern Japan last week while carrying powerful supersonic cruise missiles, showing the coordination between China’s air and naval forces, according to military experts. Three H-6 bombers passed over the Miyako Strait from the East China Sea into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, then turned back taking a similar route, according to the Japanese Defence Ministry. News of the flight comes after Chinese and Russian warships were reported to have sailed around Japan in what Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi described as a “show of force”. China sends long-range bomber to...