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Global Times calls the drills a “reunification operation” rehearsal https://www.rt.com-FILE PHOTO © Global Look Press / Zhang Guojun The large-scale military drills Beijing launched near Taiwan in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island involve the “use of advanced weapons,” including China’s state-of-the-art hypersonic DF-17 missiles, China’s Global Times newspaper reported on Wednesday. The ongoing exercises entail a “joint blockade, sea assault and land and air combat trainings,” the state media outlet said, adding that Chinese J-20 stealth fighter jets were taking part in the exercise as well. With the main stage of the exercise set...
