BEIJING: China needs to develop a long-range strategic bomber to strike adversaries farther away from its coast in the event of conflict, the state media reported, quoting defence experts.
Beijing has been steadily beefing up its military through years of double-digit increases in defence spending, rapidly expanding its naval power, commissioning its first aircraft carrier and adding to its submarine and surface fleets.
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