Take, for example, the Anatolian Eagle exercises recently held in Turkey’s Konya province. For nearly a decade, the exercise had brought together NATO allies Turkey and the U.S., along with Israel, for military exercises. This year, instead of Israel and the U.S., the maneuvers included the Chinese air force and its Sukhoi SU-27 and Mig-29 planes. On the way to Konya, the Chinese fighter jets stopped over in Iran for refueling, adding to the starkly non-NATO character of their participation.
via WPR Article | World Citizen: Will China Challenge U.S. as Global Superpower?.
For the structure to be complete, now all China needs are some drones to over-fly Iraq.
So Iraq, how is that, “going it alone” working out?
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