A Chinese H-6K strategic bomber, like the one shown here accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets, recently took part in landing exercises on an island reef in the South China Sea, according to the PLA Air Force. Photo: Xinhua A Chinese H-6K strategic bomber, like the one shown here accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets, recently took part in landing exercises on an island reef in the South China Sea, according to the PLA Air Force. Photo: Xinhua
A Chinese H-6K strategic bomber, like the one shown here accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets, recently took part in landing exercises on an island reef in the South China Sea, according to the PLA Air Force. Photo: Xinhua
South China Sea
China /  Diplomacy

China angers US after landing warplanes, including H-6K bomber, on South China Sea reef

Pentagon condemns military activity as ‘raising tensions and destabilising the region’

Topic |   South China Sea
Zhenhua Lu
Zhenhua Lu

Updated: 11:30pm, 19 May, 2018

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A Chinese H-6K strategic bomber, like the one shown here accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets, recently took part in landing exercises on an island reef in the South China Sea, according to the PLA Air Force. Photo: Xinhua A Chinese H-6K strategic bomber, like the one shown here accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets, recently took part in landing exercises on an island reef in the South China Sea, according to the PLA Air Force. Photo: Xinhua
A Chinese H-6K strategic bomber, like the one shown here accompanied by two Su-35 fighter jets, recently took part in landing exercises on an island reef in the South China Sea, according to the PLA Air Force. Photo: Xinhua
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