New Delhi, Dec 15 (TIWN) China is carrying out joint air force exercises with Pakistan in Sindh as part of the sabre-rattling in response to the Indo-Pacific Quad exercises in which the Indian Navy participated recently.

The exercises, named 'Shaheen' or Falcon-IX, are underway at the newly operational Bholari air base near Karachi.  According to the Nikkei Asia magazine, the Pakistan Air Force released a video showing the wide range of military aircraft on display in the exercise, which will last until late December.  China has sent its fourth-generation Shenyang J-11 air superiority fighters and Chengdu J-10 multirole jets.