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China uses military drones, heavy-lift and C909 planes in huge forest fire drill

Headline via South China Morning Post · first report 10 Nov, 07:29 IST, latest 10 Nov, 07:29 IST

INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya on exercise
Representational image · INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya on exercise · Indian Navy / Wikimedia Commons, GODL-India

What we know

So far only South China Morning Post has reported this (10 Nov, 07:29 IST). It will be marked Verified when a second, independent news organisation reports it. Rational Times has not independently confirmed the details: read each report through the links below.

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First report10 Nov, 07:29 IST
Latest report10 Nov, 07:29 IST
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Firefighters used military drones, heavy transport aircraft and seaplanes in a large-scale drill in southwest China on Monday, as part of efforts to bring the latest technologies into emergency response operations. The exercise involved more than 1,600…

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