China Military Bugle, a social media account run by the People’s Liberation Army, posted a video on Sunday of the PLA Navy conducting strike tests at sea, including multiple YJ-20 launches.The post did not specify when and where the missiles were fired. However, the footage was released two days after Beijing said a naval fleet led by Type 055 destroyer Zunyi had “recently conducted” live-fire drills and joint air-sea exercises in waters east of Luzon, a Philippine island near Taiwan.While some of the footage matched video released by the PLA last December of the Type 055 destroyer Wuxi test-firing a YJ-20, Sunday’s video included two new shots of the launch.The PLA’s Southern Theatre Command, which focuses on the South China Sea, said on Friday that the exercises led by the Zunyi were “necessary actions taken in response to the current regional situation”.
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