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Updated: 2012-04-23 07:23
The joint naval exercises that China and Russia launched on Sunday morning highlight the warming ties between the militaries and
growing cooperation under the China-Russia strategic partnership.
The exercises near Qingdao, Shandong province, will last six days and focus on joint maritime air defense, anti-submarine tactics,
maritime search and rescue as well the recovery of hijacked vessels, according to China's Defense Ministry.
The number of ships involved was unprecedented, Yin Zhuo, a navy expert, told Chinese media. A total of 16 vessels and two
submarines from the Chinese navy were to participate in the drill, including five missile destroyers, five missile frigates, four missile
boats, a support vessel and hospital ship, 13 aircraft and five shipboard helicopters.
The Washington Times said the exercises are an aggressive gesture by the two navies to counter the naval bravado and resolve
expressed by the nations of the Pacific Rim and the United States recently.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=navy1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/navy1.jpg" border="0" alt="China &amp; Russia Naval Exercise"></a>
The joint naval exercises that China and Russia launched on Sunday morning highlight the warming ties between the militaries and
growing cooperation under the China-Russia strategic partnership.
The exercises near Qingdao, Shandong province, will last six days and focus on joint maritime air defense, anti-submarine tactics,
maritime search and rescue as well the recovery of hijacked vessels, according to China's Defense Ministry.
The number of ships involved was unprecedented, Yin Zhuo, a navy expert, told Chinese media. A total of 16 vessels and two
submarines from the Chinese navy were to participate in the drill, including five missile destroyers, five missile frigates, four missile
boats, a support vessel and hospital ship, 13 aircraft and five shipboard helicopters.
The Washington Times said the exercises are an aggressive gesture by the two navies to counter the naval bravado and resolve
expressed by the nations of the Pacific Rim and the United States recently.
<a href="http://s1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/?action=view&current=navy1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1267.photobucket.com/albums/jj559/365Wildfire/navy1.jpg" border="0" alt="China &amp; Russia Naval Exercise"></a>