China releases video of HK garrison in South China Sea drill

Hong Kong

THE Chinese army has released footage of its Hong Kong garrison firing cannons and torpedoes in a drill in the South China Sea amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over the status of the former British colony.

The People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently tested the weaponry, including a torpedo launch from the vessel Huizhou that successfully hit its target, according to a Weibo post by CCTV on Sunday. The exercise follows the deployment by the US Navy of a carrier strike group to the area to conduct maritime air-defence operations.

The PLA's one and a half minute video captures the army's reaction to an order to attack an enemy submarine. The exercise also included helicopter operations, anti-terrorism and anti-piracy drills, and emergency rescue training, according to the Weibo post. BLOOMBERG