BEIJING: The Chinese military today said it has conducted trials of a light weight battle tank in Tibet near the Indian border.

The 35-tonne tank has carried out trials in the plains of Tibet, PLA spokesman Col Wu Qian said in a mediainfo-icon briefing here.

He was responding to questions about media reports that the People's Liberation Armyinfo-icon has carried out an exercise involving a new type of 35-tonne light weight tank in Tibet.

When asked whether it is targeted against Indiainfo-icon, the PLA spokesman said, "The purpose is to test the parameters of the equipment and is not targeted against any country."