Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Photos Of Yet Another Sino-Russian Exercise
Chinese, Russian troops get ready for Northern/Interaction-2024 exercise
Source
China Military Online
Editor
Lin Congyi
Time
2024-09-10 17:39:52
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/16337447.html
By Ren Xu and Liu Baorui
VLADIVOSTOK,
Russia, Sept. 10 -- On the morning of September 8, the Chinese military
commanding officers participating in the Northern/Interaction-2024
exercise arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, by a Y-20 transport aircraft.
Subsequently, they completed the establishment of the China-Russia joint
commanding headquarters, thereby getting ready for the exercise.
It
is learned that the participating troops of the two sides consist of
various types of fixed and rotary wing aircraft, including KJ-500 early
warning aircraft, J-16 fighter jets, J-10 fighter jets and Z-20 utility
helicopters from China, and Ilyushin Il-38 maritime patrol and
anti-submarine warfare aircraft, Su-30 fighter jets and Mig-31fighter
jets from Russia. During the force projection stage, the Chinese troops
successfully accomplished multiple batches of materials loading and
transfer, personnel movement and ferry flights. Up to now, the
participating troops of the two sides have completed assembly.
As
for maritime force, the Chinese participating naval taskforce reached
the designated sea area at around 4:00 p.m. on Monday, and joined their
Russian counterparts to prepare for the following planned exercise.
The
Chinese naval participating troops are composed of the guided-missile
destroyers Xining (Hull 117) and Wuxi (Hull 104), guided-missile frigate
Linyi (Hull 547), comprehensive supply ship Taihu (Hull 889), and three
shipboard helicopters. The Russian naval participating troops are
composed of the large anti-submarine ships Marshal Shaposhnikov and
Admiral Panteleyev, corvettes Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar
Tsydenzhapov, Sovershenny, Gromkiy and Rezkiy, and Ka-27 anti-submarine
helicopters.
The exercise aims to deepen the strategic
collaboration between the two militaries, and enhance their capabilities
in jointly responding to security threats. In addition, the Chinese and
Russian naval vessels will organize their fifth joint maritime patrol
in relevant waters of the Pacific Ocean, and China will also participate
in the Russian military's "Ocean-2024" strategic exercise.
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