(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Beijing August 27 (QNA) - China's military drones participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terror drills in Inner Mongolia for the first time. Participating in the live fire drills the drone who's model was unidentified shot off several missiles during the rehearsal said Shen Jinke spokesman of China Air force. "The drone tasked with surveillance reconnaissance and ground attacks will play a vital role in fighting against terrorism" he said. The aerial vehicle has yet to miss a shot since joining the "Peace Mission 2014" multinational drill which began on Aug. 24 said Feng Aiwang commander of the air force battle group. Feng added that more than 19 different models made up a group of 70 aircraft dispatched for the drill. These included fighter planes early warning aircraft and armed helicopters according to China's (Xinhua) News Agency. China's homemade WZ-10 and WZ-19 armed helicopters were deployed to practice reconnaissance and rocket barrage tests in the exercise which concludes Friday. A total of 7000 troops from China Russia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have participated in the drill including ground and air forces special operations and airborne troops as well as several supporting roles. Founded in Shanghai in 2001 the SCO includes China Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan India Iran Mongolia and Pakistan are observers. Belarus Turkey and Sri Lanka are dialogue partners. (QNA)
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