China Counters US-Philippine Drills With Bomber Flights and Naval Deployment

China Counters US-Philippine Drills With Bomber Flights and Naval Deployment

China deployed heavily armed bombers, fighter jets, and naval vessels over and around a disputed South China Sea shoal, signaling a show of force as the United States and the Philippines conducted their largest joint military exercises to date, according to Naval News on May 5. Two H-6 anti-ship bombers, escorted by J-16 fighter jets, flew over the Scarborough Shoal during a combat readiness drill carried out by the People’s Liberation Army’s So…