People's Liberation Army exploding and destroying US fighter jets worth £78,000 each when the two countries are not at war? Not exactly. There is no US-China war and the Chinese Army has not bombed the US Air Force. What they have done is taking mock drills of exploding jet fighters as a part of their training exercise. According to 'Express', Airbus and Google Earth have captured the images showing destroying US F-35 and F-22 fighter jets in a remote desert area in northwest China. The satellite pictures suggest that the Chinese military destroyed these dummy aircraft with a nearby runway displaying scorch marks and bomb blast craters.
These images also show that China is taking a possible war scenario seriously and is getting ready to target and destroy the US fighters if such a situation emerges in real terms. The seriousness and preparedness of the PLA can be understood by the fact that the landscape in the images is dotted with various types of aircraft models. In the images several hangars and radar towers can be seen, indicating a comprehensive and realistic training environment for Chinese forces.
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The mock drill by the Chinese Army has come after North Korea test-fired its two ballistic missiles after Pyongyang vowed “offensive and overwhelming” responses to a new US military drill with South Korea and Japan. It cannot be said that China and North Korea are working in
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