of the people's republic of china and wished success in the response post in defending the motherland, strengthening its defense capability and further modernizing the people 's liberation armys damaged that your extensive experience of interaction with the russian federation will contribute to both the development of the armed forces of the people's republic of china and the expansion of military cooperation between our countries. we highly appreciate the fact that after the appointment to the post of minister of defense. you have chosen russia as the first country for your foreign trip . dear comrade minister, your trip to moscow is the result of important agreements between the president of russia and the chairman of the people's republic of china. i look forward to the closest and most beneficial cooperation with you in the spirit of unbreakable friendship between our countries , the leaders of russia and china. formulate long-term goals in the field of national development and security. that the visit of the chinese minister to moscow today for several days is a continuation of building and deepening mutual cooperation in various areas, but, in fact, a continuation of t

respect the rights china exactly like other countries, the shandong aircraft carrier joined the exercises of the prc for the first time for such actions, according to the people 's liberation armyaircraft carrier group of seventeen ships is working out a naval blockade of the island , vgtrk's own correspondent in the people's republic of china alexander balitsky will tell you more well, here is the most, then there is a united sword that china has taken out of its scabbard . it has been holding in taiwan for the third day already. testing, as they said in the chinese defense of close-range attacks, testing long-range deterrence of anti-aircraft and anti-grab anti-missile targets. well, the imitation of high-precision strikes on the military island, the picture, so to speak, turned out to be spectacular. well, the exercise is in many ways similar to those that china carried out in response to the visit of the pilosia last year, the chinese army and navy, in fact, blocked the island, in addition to numerous frigates and destroyers, and for the first time this year, an entire aircraft carrier participates in these maneuvers shandu on his one 36 fighters can be based on board. the

joined the teachings of the people's republic of china for the first time aircraft carrier shandong, according to the people 's liberation armyrier group of seventeen ships is working out a naval blockade of the island , vgtrk's own correspondent in china , alexander balitsky, will tell the details. well, here is the one, that is, the united sword that china took out of its scabbard . it has been holding in taiwan for the third day already. close range long-range containment anti-air and anti-robber anti-missile targets. well, the imitation of high-precision strikes on military targets on the island, i must say, the picture turned out to be spectacular. well, the students are in many ways similar to those that china carried out in response to the visit of pilosia last year, the chinese army and navy, in fact, blocked the island, in addition to numerous frigates and destroyers, and for the first time this year, the entire shandu aircraft carrier participates in these maneuvers. 36 fighters can be based on its board alone. the aviation component is generally sufficient more than 70 aircraft turned out to be serious, including j

s. south korea and japan. china will hold 3 days of military exercises around tie one from saturday. the people's liberation army made the announcement after ty one's present, citing when returned from a trip to the united states, a meeting between her and the speaker of the us house of representatives, angered beijing, taiwanese president, sighing. when completed her trip to the americas, she sounded defiant upon returning to her home land. stressing that taiwan would continue engaging with the world. on the route we have shown the international community that when we face pressure and threats, try one will be more united. we will never given because we are suppressed, nor will we stop communicating with the world because we are hindered things good yet. jargon. chinese military incursions into taiwanese as space and territorial waters have become more frequent. taipei views this latest me by beijing as a response to president size trip to the us. china also imposed sanctions on some usaa organizations. these include the ronald reagan presidential library and the washington think tank the hudson institute, whic

people's liberation army? guest: the caller is talking about the potential that china may invade taiwan and the next several years. we have seen multiple assessments of the u.s.'s to regenerate some of the very munitions that we need, especially 155 millimeter ammunition rounds that would be used in howitzers, things like munitions for air defense systems that we have been talking about. that is a multiyear process to get those things back up to the levels that the u.s. might need, if it finds itself in another major land war with china. host: you have covered military issues throught your career. now -- what is it about the topic of military and national security, covering the pentagon in particular that most interests you. guest: the reason i love this beat is it is where policy meets the real world. washington talks policy, but the soldier and commander must carry out that policy. host: a few more calls for you. we will to melvin in virginia on the independent line as well. caller: good morning, c-span. i have a question about redactions of these documents. i don't agree that they should have been released, but to my understanding, when it comes to secret do