North Sword 2005 military exercise
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-09-27 13:12

"Blue army" armor vehicles and artillery pick up speed to besiege the "enemy" in a military exercise in a training base in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China September 27, 2005. The wargame, coded "North Sword 2005," started Tuesday at the Zhurihe training base, a tactical drill base in Inner Mongolia. Forty foreign military officers from 24 countries are invited to watch the exercise. [Xinhua] "Red army" armor vehicles move to break the defence of the "enemy" in a military exercise in a training base in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China September 27, 2005. The wargame, coded "North Sword 2005," started Tuesday at the Zhurihe training base, a tactical drill base in Inner Mongolia. Forty foreign military officers from 24 countries are invited to watch the exercise. [Xinhua]