China flashes pics of recent military exercise in Tibet  China
flashes pics of recent military exercise in Tibet Beijing: China
on Thursday flashed pictures of the recent "first ground to air
military exercise" held on the Tibetan plateau involving scores
of fighter jets, hundreds of battle tanks and a large number of
ground troops lighting up the Himalayan region along the Indian
border.  State-run People's Daily online carried photos of air
and ground troops exercises providing "glimpses of PLA's fist
air-ground drill at a plateau" with snow capped Himalayan
mountains providing the backdrop.  State-run media rarely
provides any detailed write up on military drills but reveals
them through photos on the official websites.  The series posted
in the PD Online showed dozens of thousands of troops and dozens
of aircraft holding live fire exercises.  Earlier reports stated
that the Chinese air force held the first night time military
exercises in Tibet along the disputed borders with India.  This
is the first tim