Weeks After Deployment, Chinese Stationed In Djibouti Hold Live-Fire Exercise
September 27 2017
Chinese military personnel have conducted their first live-fire drill on the Horn of Africa, reports the South China Morning Post.
Last Friday's exercise in Djibouti involved dozens of officers and took place at the nation's gendarmerie training range, according to a report by the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Chinese troops deployed to the base, Beijing's first overseas garrison, less than two months ago. Chinese state media generally call it a logistics support...
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