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China’s military begins three days of seaborne rocket launches in Yellow Sea
- Troops also conducting live-fire exercises in a southern section of the waterway from 8am to 6pm Tuesday to Thursday, maritime safety administration says
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China’s military has begun three days of seaborne rocket launches in the Yellow Sea, according to an official notice.
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The launches will take place each morning between 7.30am and 11.30am from Tuesday to Thursday in the southern reaches of the waterway, off the coast of the eastern province of Shandong, according to a statement by the Lianyungang Maritime Safety Administration.
No unauthorised vessels would be allowed within that section of the Yellow Sea, which lies between mainland China and the Korean peninsula, during the launches, it said.
In an earlier notice, the administration said the military would stage live-fire exercises in a southern area of the Yellow Sea on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 8am to 6pm each day.
A separate notice issued by the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration said debris from the first stage boosters of the seaborne rockets was expected to fall into the East China Sea, off the coast of the megacity.
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