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Chinese, Russian troops showcase anti-terror power in exercise

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-26 10:53

TAONAN: Some 2,600 Chinese and Russian troops showcased their power in the real-combat showdown of the "Peace Mission-2009" joint anti-terror military exercise Sunday morning.

Soldiers check fighter planes at an airport in Qiqihar of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 25, 2009. The technical and tactical ability of Chinese air force has significantly improved after the previous steps of the Peace Mission-2009 exercise joined by China and Russia. [Xinhua]

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More than 100 tanks, self-propelled cannons, as well as more than 60 aircraft are fighting against "terrorists" in the 80-minute final performance of the five-day exercise.

Military observers from the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and senior officials with the SCO's secretariat were watching the exercise conducted at the Taonan Tactical Training Base in northeast Jilin Province.

Chinese armored vehicles attend the joint military drill, dubbed "Peace Mission-2009," in the Taonan tactical training base of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in northeast China's Jilin Province, July 23, 2009. [Xinhua]

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