Senior Chinese military officials have admitted for the first time that a frigate locked its radar on a Japanese destroyer during the two nations’ spat over disputed islands, Kyodo News agency...
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Hours before the People's Liberation Army showed off its latest kit in Tiananmen Square, its rockets were urgently called upon to stop some unexpected clouds from raining on the parade.
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