Warships of the Russian Navy and the PLA Navy covered more than 7 nautical miles during joint patrols in the Pacific Ocean
Russia and China completed the second joint patrol of the Pacific Ocean, in which warships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy took part. Detachment of ships of the Pacific fleet already returned to the base in Vladivostok. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Defense.
A joint detachment of ships of the two countries, which included the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov, the corvettes Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, Perfect and Loud, as well as the Pechenga medium sea tanker from the Russian Navy and the destroyer Nyan Chan , the Yang Chen patrol ship and the Dong Pinghu complex supply vessel from the PLA Navy, patrolled the Pacific Ocean for three weeks. The tasks of patrolling are maintaining peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, protecting the objects of the maritime economic activity of the two countries and establishing interaction.
During this time, the detachment passed through the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, the Bering Sea, the Philippine Sea, and the East China Sea, visiting the Bering Sea for the first time and rounding part of the Aleutian Islands archipelago. In total, the ships of the two countries traveled more than seven thousand nautical miles.
During the campaign, Russian and Chinese sailors conducted a number of different exercises, within which they worked out joint maneuvering, organizing communications, searching for and destroying enemy submarines, organizing air defense of a group of ships, and much more.
It is noted that the second joint patrol lasted longer than the first, which took place from 17 to 23 October 2021. Then the grouping of ships passed through the Sangar Strait, overcoming a total of over 1700 nautical miles.
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