China-Russia naval drill hones defense capabilities  

中俄海军陈兵东海共御“来敌”:今演练联合防空

备受关注的中俄“海上联合-2014”军事演习在长江口以东的东海北部海域正式“打响”。此次为期三天的中俄军演，双方共派出14艘水面舰艇、2艘潜艇、9架固定翼飞机以及2个特战分队和6架舰载直升机。 [查看全文]

Chinese and Russian navies on Thursday completed a defense exercise against the intrusion of unidentified boats as part of their ongoing naval drill "Joint Sea-2014".

Upon spotting unidentified cutters and combat divers, China's missile destroyer Zhengzhou sounded the alarm for anchorage defense and the crew used spotlights and verbal warnings to force away the cutters while sending emergency boats to approach the targets for more intelligence.

With 14 Chinese and Russian vessels, the exercise lasted for two hours and concluded with the cutters driven away and the divers seized.

As a basic naval training, anchorage defense is to secure vessels when anchoring in undefended waters, said Yan Zhengming, captain of a destroyer with the Donghai Fleet which was also involved in the exercise.

Navies of the two countries will also train their capabilities in maritime assaults, anti-submarine combats, air defense as well as identification, rescue and escort missions in the following days.