the china-russia joint exercise will be held in the sea of japan this week. the two sides will conduct exercises on multiple subjects including sea and air escort.
2024-09-23
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[global times reporter guo yuandan] according to the news released by the wechat public account of the "people's navy" on the 21st, the opening ceremony of the second phase of the "northern joint-2024" exercise was held at a military port in russia on the same day. the chinese mission commander said that the "northern joint" series of exercises has become an important platform for consolidating and developing relations between the two countries and the two militaries, enhancing strategic mutual trust, and improving joint action capabilities.
according to the news, in the second phase of the exercise, the participating forces of china and russia will conduct joint exercises on multiple subjects such as sea and air escort, alert defense, air defense and anti-missile, and firepower strike. according to the russian newspaper izvestia, the chinese naval forces participating in the exercise are composed of the missile destroyers xining and wuxi, the missile frigate linyi, the comprehensive supply ship taihu and three ship-borne helicopters.
the russian pacific fleet's press office said that according to the plan, the participating forces will practice how to repel conditional attacks launched by the enemy from the air, water and underwater environments, how to conduct joint maneuvers, and how to defend in unprotected anchorages in the waters of the sea of japan within a week. the russian satellite news agency reported that the large anti-submarine ships "admiral panteleyev" and "admiral tributs" of the russian pacific fleet, the small anti-submarine ships mpk-82 and mpk-107, and the small missile ship "tornado" participated in the exercise.
in the middle of this month, china and russia conducted the first phase of the "northern joint-2024" exercise. according to chinese media reports, a joint maneuver exercise of the landing formation on the afternoon of september 15 marked the end of the first phase of the live-fire exercise. according to reports, in recent days, the chinese and russian naval and air forces have successfully completed multiple training tasks such as formation air defense, joint anti-submarine, and anchorage defense in a red-blue confrontation and alternating command mode, fully testing the tactical command coordination and joint action capabilities of both sides. according to russian news agency, on september 18, chinese ships arrived in vladivostok. during their stay at the main base of the russian pacific fleet, chinese officers and soldiers participated in sports and cultural activities.
earlier, the chinese ministry of defense announced on the 9th that the russian military sent naval and air forces this month to participate in china's "northern joint-2024" exercise in the relevant sea and air areas of the sea of japan and the sea of okhotsk. in addition, the chinese and russian naval fleets will go to the relevant waters of the pacific ocean to organize the fifth joint maritime cruise of the two sides, and china will also participate in the russian military's "ocean-2024" strategic exercise.
in late july 2023, the pla northern theater command organized the "northern joint-2023" exercise in the central part of the sea of japan. the "people's navy" quoted the chinese task commander on the 21st as saying that since last year, the level of the "northern joint" series of exercises has been continuously improved, the exercise mechanism has become more mature, the organizational process has become more standardized, and the situation setting has become closer to actual combat. the russian satellite news agency quoted russian foreign minister lavrov as saying that russia and china do not need to establish a military alliance because the fruitful bilateral military cooperation is still continuing. he said that these cooperations are different from military alliances like nato.
