A strategic H-6K bomber from China’s air force recently conducted take-off and landing exercises on Woody Island, China’s largest base in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout A strategic H-6K bomber from China’s air force recently conducted take-off and landing exercises on Woody Island, China’s largest base in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout
A strategic H-6K bomber from China’s air force recently conducted take-off and landing exercises on Woody Island, China’s largest base in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout
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Updated: 11:09pm, 20 May, 2018

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A strategic H-6K bomber from China’s air force recently conducted take-off and landing exercises on Woody Island, China’s largest base in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout A strategic H-6K bomber from China’s air force recently conducted take-off and landing exercises on Woody Island, China’s largest base in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout
A strategic H-6K bomber from China’s air force recently conducted take-off and landing exercises on Woody Island, China’s largest base in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea. Photo: Handout
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