ZHANJIANG, Guangdong, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia started a joint naval drill off Guangdong Province in the South China Sea on Tuesday.
The "Joint Sea 2016" drill will run until Sept. 19, featuring navy surface ships, submarines, fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, marines and amphibious armored equipment.
Wang Hai, Chinese chief director of the exercise and deputy commander of the Chinese Navy, said the joint drill is "a strategic measure" and a concrete action to promote the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership and will deepen exchanges and cooperation between the two militaries, especially the two navies.
The drill will highlight combat, digitization and standardization to promote naval cooperation.
Several procedures will be undertaken during the drill, including joint air defense, anti-submarine operations, landing, search and rescue, island-seizing and weapon use.
Tuesday's exercise featured a light weapons shooting competition, sea crossing, island landing, climbing and gliding.
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Quote from Story: "The joint China-Russia naval exercise is essentially defensive and totally different from the island landing and retaking drills that a few countries engage in year after year in the west pacific region, against an imaginary enemy," Zhang said.
PacificSentinel: What a load of rubbish, Amphibious Operations such as "island-seizing" are exactly what the US does with the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Etc, their is NO difference in the way it is done, just the intent can vary & since the US Allies see it as liberating THEIR islands from china it's NO different from how China see their Exercise with the Russians.