China and Russia to hold second joint anti missile drills in 2017

Q.  China and which other country will hold their second joint anti-missile drills in 2017?
- Published on 13 Oct 16

a. Russia
b. South Korea
c. North Korea
d. Japan

ANSWER: Russia
 
China and Russia to hold second joint anti missile drills in 2017China and Russia will hold their second joint anti-missile drills in 2017
  • Chinese state media said on 11th Oct that this followed plans to deploy by US and South Korea to deploy an anti missile system
  • Russia and China held their first exercises in May as the US terminal high altitude area defence system was put in place in Washington and Seoul to protect against North Korean threats
  • THAAD is now being deployed and the powerful radar of the system has increased defensive on the Korean peninsula
  • Tension on the Korean peninsula is high commencing with the North Korea’s fourth nuclear test in January followed by a satellite launch, a test of numerous missiles and the fifth and largest nuclear test in the previous month.

Related Content

➨ Post your comment / Share knowledge


Enter the code shown above:

(Note: If you cannot read the numbers in the above image, reload the page to generate a new one.)
▲