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Chinese, Belarusian airborne troops launch Swift Eagle drill

Global Times — Defense 13 August 2026
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Chinese and Belarusian airborne troops conducted the 'Swift Eagle' joint drill, though the article body provided does not supply the unit designators, location, dates, or scale needed to characterize the exercise precisely. The drill fits the PLA's established pattern of airborne-focused bilateral exercises with non-NATO European partners, but what specific formations participated and what tasks were trained remains unknown from this text.

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In early to mid-September, China and Nepal will hold the Sagarmatha Friendship-2025 joint army training in Nepal, Senior ... China and Cambodia launched the “Golden Dragon-2025” joint exercise, after the China-Cambodia Joint Support and Training Center at ... During the China-Thailand "Commando 2024" joint army training held between China and Thailand in Kunming, Southwest China's Yunnan ...