HAS CHINA’S MISSILE FORCE GOT AMERICA’S KADENA BASE IN JAPAN IN ITS SIGHTS?

Chinese state television has broadcast rare footage apparently showing the US Air Force’s Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan as a target of the PLA’s missile force. During an episode of the CCTV documentary Securing Victory on Monday, a satellite image of an airbase was seen in the background as People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force officers discussed an exercise and combat…

News - South China Morning Post reports that chinese state television has broadcast rare footage apparently showing the US Air Force’s Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan as a target of the PLA’s missile force.

The report adds: During an episode of the CCTV documentary Securing Victory on Monday, a satellite image of an airbase was seen in the background as People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force officers discussed an exercise and combat…

The image – which was slightly out of focus – showed an airfield surrounded by urban development.

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