China Sees U.S. Navy Live-Fire Exercises In The Philippine Sea As A 'Warning'

The guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (left) launches a missile during a live-fire exercise on Thursday. Photo: US Navy

SCMP: US Navy launches live-fire missiles in ‘warning to China’

* Unusual drill in the Philippine Sea a signal to the PLA that American forces can counter advanced threats, military observers say
* Exercise designed to support ‘security and stability in the Indo-Pacific’

The US Navy was targeting China with live-fire missile tests in the Philippine Sea last week, sending a message that it was up to the challenge of the PLA’s new advanced systems, military analysts said.

In the drill in waters east of the Philippines on Thursday, the guided-missile destroyer USS Barry launched a medium-range Standard Missile-2, the US Seventh Fleet said on its Facebook page.

It was accompanied by the guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh, which also launched an SM-2 during the drill.

Beijing-based military specialist Zhou Chenming said these kinds of drill were not common and “could be seen as a warning to the People’s Liberation Army”.

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