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On August 28, 2022, the CCTV Video News Agency YouTube channel posted a report about exercises performed in the South China Sea by the naval air arm of the PLA's Southern Theater Command. The report featured footage of fighter jets performing "offensive operations," exercises that involved live missiles and bombs fired at targets at sea.
Captions: "The naval air arm of the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) recently conducted a large-scale and high-intensity offensive operation training in the waters of the South China Sea to hone its overall combat competence."