WW3 fears as China & Russia join forces for massive war games in chilling message to the West

CHINA and Russia have joined forces and are staging huge war games in a show of unity to the West, sparking fears of WW3. It comes as growing tensions with the US and joint concern regarding the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan have further united the two nations. An estimated 13,000 troops from the People’s Liberation Army and the Russian Army took part in the combat exercises in northwestern China. The military drills reflect the increasingly closer ties between Beijing and Moscow and are a defiant bid to prove their alliance to Western forces. Russian media have stressed the aim is specifically to counteract “mounting pressure“ from the West, just one week after thousands of Marines and sailors took part in the US Navy's largest war game in 40 years. The drill, aiming to prove America's “readiness“ for potential global conflict, marks a return to similar Cold War exercises that were seen during the 1980s. It’s thought that 36 ships and more than 50 virtual units took part in the mission alongside