China and Russia launch naval drills featuring anti-submarine and anti-aircraft exerc

[crossramz]

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China and Russia launch naval drills featuring anti-submarine and anti-aircraft exercises - The Washington Post

BEIJING — China and Russia launched joint naval exercises Sunday that highlight warming ties between their militaries and growing cooperation in international affairs.Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the six days of drills feature simulated anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and search-and-rescue operations, including electronic countermeasures and other sensitive technologies.Retired major general Yin Zhuo said it shows a high degree of trust between the sides.
“It’s an excellent exchange for China to be able to drill jointly in such sensitive areas,” Yin told CCTV.China’s Defense Ministry said China was sending two submarines and 16 ships to take part, including destroyers, escort vessels and hospital ships. The deputy chiefs of the countries’ navies oversaw the start of drills in the northeastern Chinese port of Qingdao, the home of China’s northern fleet.

The two militaries hold frequent exchanges, despite recent disputes over Chinese copying of Russian military technology such as Sukhoi jet fighters. China was a key customer for the former Soviet arms industry, but recent technological advances at home have made it far less dependent on Russian weaponryMuch of that cooperation takes place within the confines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a grouping of Central Asian states that seeks to check U.S. influence in the region and began holding joint drills in 2005.Formerly Cold War rivals for leadership of the communist world, China and Russia have since found common ground in countering liberal democratizing trends across Asia and Eastern Europe and frequently vote against Western initiatives in the United Nations Security Council.Most recently, they have united to block any U.N. actions on Syrian violence that could lead to some form of humanitarian intervention, a prospect both nations abhor.

[crossramz]

its either this was china's answer to us-ph balikatan exercise or their remedy to china-russia disputes few years ago..

-imo

[shaxyra]

China's showing off its guts. I guess they also wanted to be prepared knowing PH has a strong ally as well..

[kuyabog]

the clash of the titans in the making.. get ready..

[crossramz]

China's showing off its guts. I guess they also wanted to be prepared knowing PH has a strong ally as well..

china-russia are two towers compared to us-ph david and goliath..

[Pussifier]

China-Russia-Nokor-Iran vs US-Sokor-Japan

[MetalManiac]

they are just testing the waters so to speak.just showing that they have military ties to russia .warning signs for the US?

[kidynamite]

gahi ang china ug russia... pero d japon na cla kalupig sa us ug japan.. in terms of technology ug battle experience... bisan ug aircraft carrier nangupya raman gani ang china sa russia...

[jonluckyy]

Graveng pasikat aning mga gagmay'g mata ue.. Palabi sa ilang gibati.. Nuon, humble man tah mga pinoy.. Mas nindot guro kung dli na mag import ang RP ug products from china.

[bravoONE]

unsa mani ila gi andaman? world war III? kung gusto sila, hala mag andam napud ko!.....


ug bomb shelter, food and water supply!