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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

Chinese destroyer held live-fire drill in Japan's EEZ, Japan says

TOKYO: A Chinese navy destroyer conducted live-fire drills ​in waters southwest of ​Japan's remote Okinotori Island early on Sunday ​while operating alongside Russian naval vessels, Japan's Joint Staff said.

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force spotted four vessels - a Chinese Renhai-class guided-missile destroyer, a Luyang ‌III-class guided-missile ⁠destroyer, ⁠a Fuchi-class replenishment ship and a Russian Steregushchiy-class frigate - sailing northeast ​about 330 km (205 miles) southwest of Okinotori at around 2 a.m. on ​July 19 (1700 GMT on July 18), the Joint Staff said in a statement on Tuesday.

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