China and Russian Federation are planning on conducting the most important naval train between the 2 nations in historical past, and their navies are anticipated to satisfy someday this week within the Pacific.
China’s warships are expected to call at Russia’s Vladivostok port on August 20 and the military exercises will begin on August 28 in Peter the Great Bay, which is near North Korea.
The Russian Pacific Fleet will be represented with up to 20 battleships and support vessels, two submarines, ten warplanes, nine amphibious vehicles and 200 Marines. Chinese and Russian navies have held five joint exercises since 2005.
Russian Federation and China held the first stage of the Joint Sea naval drills in the Mediterranean Sea in mid-May. “A joint beach landing of troops is also planned”, read a report in the Chinese state-controlled Xinhua news service.
A source close to the operation told Xinhua news agency that the drills “are not targeted at any third party and are not relevant to the regional status quo”, stressing that the exercise is part of annual exchange program between Chinese and Russian militaries.
As for the far-fetched idea of an emerging China-Russia military alliance, it seems that only the most insensible ones could buy.
The two Joint Sea-2015 drills also coincide with Russia’s parade in commemoration of the defeat of Nazi Germany on May 9 and China’s military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) on September 3.
The two countries have deepened defense cooperation in recent years, particularly as Russian Federation has faced U.S. and European Union condemnation over its role in the conflict in Ukraine. Some 10,000 servicemen of the two countries’ ground, naval, air, airborne and marine forces participated in the event, which started in Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East and later moved to east China’s Shandong Peninsula and nearby waters. The maneuvers focused on joint air defense, escorts and maritime search and rescue operations.