China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has held "live-fire drills" in Tibet, near India's border in Arunachal, to practice quick movement of troops and destroy enemy aircraft, the state media has said.
The reports didn't state when and why the 11-hour military exercise was held, the most recent in a progression of the war recreations the Chinese have discussed following the month-old standoff between the two nations in Doklam locale that outskirts India's upper east wilderness in Sikkim.
"The detachment that directed the (most recent) drills was from the PLA's Tibet military order and is one of China's two level mountain units," China Central Television (CCTV), the national supporter, said.
The report is being viewed as a message to the Indian government and military, as China guarantees expansive parts of Arunachal, India's easternmost state, as southern Tibet.
The bore was held in the Tibet Autonomous Region in the center and lower spans of Yarlung Zangbo waterway, which "is situated in the upper stream of the Brahmaputra waterway which courses through China, India and Bangladesh".
The Yarlung Zangbo enters India through Arunachal where it is called Siang before it turns into the Brahmaputra in Assam. China has been building dams over it, causing worry in India that it could influence the stream of the Brahmaputra.
The mountain detachment had for quite some time been positioned around the center and lower ranges of the Yarlung Zangbo and was in charge of cutting edge battle, the nationalistic Global Times cited the CCTV report as saying.
It said brisk conveyance of troops and diverse military units meeting up for joint assaults was honed, which additionally included utilization of against tank projectiles and rockets.
"The video likewise indicates radar units distinguishing adversary air ship and warriors utilizing hostile to air ship cannons to demolish focuses on," the English dialect newspaper said.
It wasn't clear if the penetrate was a piece of a military exercise completed recently at 15,000 feet in the Tibet level, the first run through the PLA had gone so high.
Amid the activity, the Chinese warriors tried new hardware including tanks, the authority Xinhua news office had said.
Prior, the Chinese military had declared it tried a light-weight fight tank in Tibet close to the Indian border.
"The 35-ton tank has completed trials in the fields of Tibet," PLA representative Col Wu Qian had said in a media instructions.
"The reason for existing is to test the parameters of the gear and is not focused against any nation," the PLA representative had said to a question if the tank was focused at India.
Over the most recent couple of days, China has repelled India's placating tone on settling the impasse in Doklam, which is situated at the thin however deliberately imperative tri-intersection of India, China and Bhutan.
China has blamed Indian troopers for trespass and keeping it from building a street in the district, which is asserted by Bhutan.
Beijing needs India to pull back its troops from Doklam before the two sides can open talks. New Delhi says the street, if assembled, will have genuine security suggestions for India.