The drills, reportedly the first to feature three Type 055 destroyers, took place amid heightened tensions with the Philippines.
A flotilla of Chinese destroyers, including nearly half of its navy's 'large' destroyers, recently conducted live-fire drills in the contentious South China Sea.China's Southern Theater Command deployed a Type 052C guided-missile destroyer, the Haikou, along with three of the Chinese navy's eight Type 055 destroyers, the Xianyang, Zunyi, and Yan'an, to the sea for six days of training, state media reported on Wednesday.
The outlet cited the expert as saying the exercise was 'likely a routine one that is not targeted at any third party.''But, coming at a time when the Philippines has been engaged in continuous provocation on Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea under the instigation of the U.S., it in effect served as a deterrence,' the expert added.The Philippine military did not immediately respond to a written request for comment.
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