Navies of China, Russia hold largest-ever joint sea drills
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July 6, 2013, Saturday
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CHINA and Russia kicked off their largest-ever joint naval drills yesterday in the Sea of Japan, a further sign of the broad-based progress in ties between the two countries.
Eighteen surface ships, one submarine, three airplanes, five ship-launched helicopters and two commando units are taking part in the "Joint Sea-2013" exercise that runs through July 12. The drills will cover anti-submarine warfare, close maneuvering and the simulated takeover of an enemy ship.
The drills are considerably bigger than anything China's Navy has previously held with a foreign partner. China's Navy is contributing four destroyers, two latest-generation guided missile frigates and a support ship, all of which sailed on Monday from Qingdao port, where China's Northern Fleet is based, to the rallying point in Peter the Great Bay near Vladivostok.
"This is our strongest lineup ever in a joint naval drill," Rear Admiral Yang Junfei, commander of the Chinese contingent, has said.
China has long been a key customer for Russian military hardware, but only in the last decade have the two countries' militaries begun training jointly.
The naval drills will be followed by another round of anti-terrorism joint drills in Russia's Chelyabinsk region from July 27 to August 15.
China began deploying ships to the anti-piracy flotilla off the coast of Somalia in 2008 and in recent years its Navy has joined in a series of joint drills in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Chinese land units also have taken part in border security and anti-terrorism exercises organized by the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Cooperation with the US Navy, the predominant maritime force in the region, has been more limited, although China will take part next year in the US-organized multinational Rim of the Pacific exercises, the world's largest maritime drills.
Eighteen surface ships, one submarine, three airplanes, five ship-launched helicopters and two commando units are taking part in the "Joint Sea-2013" exercise that runs through July 12. The drills will cover anti-submarine warfare, close maneuvering and the simulated takeover of an enemy ship.
The drills are considerably bigger than anything China's Navy has previously held with a foreign partner. China's Navy is contributing four destroyers, two latest-generation guided missile frigates and a support ship, all of which sailed on Monday from Qingdao port, where China's Northern Fleet is based, to the rallying point in Peter the Great Bay near Vladivostok.
"This is our strongest lineup ever in a joint naval drill," Rear Admiral Yang Junfei, commander of the Chinese contingent, has said.
China has long been a key customer for Russian military hardware, but only in the last decade have the two countries' militaries begun training jointly.
The naval drills will be followed by another round of anti-terrorism joint drills in Russia's Chelyabinsk region from July 27 to August 15.
China began deploying ships to the anti-piracy flotilla off the coast of Somalia in 2008 and in recent years its Navy has joined in a series of joint drills in the Pacific and Indian oceans. Chinese land units also have taken part in border security and anti-terrorism exercises organized by the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
Cooperation with the US Navy, the predominant maritime force in the region, has been more limited, although China will take part next year in the US-organized multinational Rim of the Pacific exercises, the world's largest maritime drills.
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