News Snapshot:
Chinese state media has reported that the PLA Rocket Force recently joined the Shandong carrier group in a 30-day exercise close to the US naval station in Guam. The Chinese military considered the inclusion of Rocket Force as a show of power, demonstrating an improved capability for pinpoint strikes against targets thousands of kilometers distant, claimed China's state-run media CCTV on Wednesday. "Chinese aircraft carriers carrying out exercises on the high seas always provide good optics for foreign militaries," said a South China Morning Post (SCMP) report citing Lu Li-shih, a former instructor at Taiwan's Naval Academy Kaohsiung.
