More than 7,000 Chinese troops and 1,800 Russians with military vessels, fighter jets and amphibious tanks will start a three-day live ammunition combat practice tomorrow, according to a senior officer of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Paratroopsers descend from transporter during the drills in Shandong on August 20, 2005.

The two armies will focus on three scenarios: an offshore blockade with the involvement of both missile-guided destroyers and jet fighters, an amphibious landing conducted by air forces, marine corps and paratroops, and a forced evacuation, with the participation of Russia's strategic bombers Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 and advanced Chinese fighter planes.