China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has released footage of a recently conducted live-fire drill. The exercise, which was to practice operating a new anti-air weaponry system in Guangdong, has sparked World War 3 fears. A video posted by Chinese state-affiliated media company, Global Times, demonstrated the capabilities of the eastern state amid reports of military talks with the US for crisis communication.<\/p>\n
According to Global Times, several vehicle-mounted antiaircraft artillery systems were used.<\/p>\n
They can be seen firing at the same time in the video.<\/p>\n
The artillery shoots up to 10 bullets a second.<\/p>\n
This creates a \"net\" of fire for a split second.<\/p>\n
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The PLA's 75th Group Army were responsible for holding the live-fire drill in Guangdong.<\/p>\n
Group armies are comparable to a US division rather than a corps.<\/p>\n
They are made up of various modern units such as infantry, artillery, armoured signal, antichemical warfare, engineer, air defence, air, and electronic countermeasure units.<\/p>\n
The 75th Army military headquarters is located in Kunming City, Yunnan Province.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
China and the US held a video conference meeting about military crisis communication this week, according to Chinese defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian.<\/p>\n
This comes after US Defence Secretary Mark Esper was forced to deny reports that America was studying a plan to attack the South China Sea using a drone in the event that the presidential election was not looking favourable for Donald Trump.<\/p>\n
Tensions between the two militaries have been high regarding the South China Sea this year.<\/p>\n
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Mr Esper said the United States has no intention of creating a military crisis with the Chinese\".<\/p>\n
Mr Wu added: \"We urge the U.S. to walk the talk, keep its promise, and take measures to prevent provoking China military in the air and sea.\"<\/p>\n
The Defence Secretary has been touring Asia with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to urge countries to cooperate with the US to confront the security threats posed by China.<\/p>\n
China has criticised the fellow superpower for having a Cold War mentality and zero-sum mindset.<\/p>\n
A Pentagon statement about the meeting read: The two sides agreed on the importance of establishing mechanisms for timely communication during a crisis, as well as the need to maintain regular communication channels to prevent crisis and conduct post-crisis assessment.\"<\/p>\n
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