China reinforces air defence to counter Indian threat

BEIJING: China is reinforcing its Western air command in order to confront any threat from India, a Chinese military specialist said after photographs of a J-10 jet flying over the high-altitude plateau in western China were released by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) during the Spring Festival holiday.

The pictures posted on the English version of the PLA website show a J-10 fighter jet and J-11 fighter jets conducting aerial combat training exercises in Western China on February 13, two days before Spring Festival.

The jets are attached to an aviation brigade of the air force under the PLA Western Theater Command, the post said.