Russia and China's Navy warships meet in Peter the Great Bay to participate in Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise
10.09.2024
Warships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, which participate in the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise, met in the northern area of the Peter the Great Bay.
Four warships and one logistics vessel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy are involved in the drills.
As the ships met, they welcomed each other by dressing flags.
In the course of the radio talks, the sides discussed an action plan, organised a joint ship detachment, and started to perform the assigned tasks of the drills.
Groups of Forces of the Pacific Fleet and the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy are to perform joint tactical actions on defending sea routes and areas of maritime economic activity in Primorsky region.
According the training plan of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, formations and units of the Russian Navy have started taking part in the Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise, which is to last until 16 September 2024. The exercise, which is one of the most important operational and combat training events of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2024, is to be conducted in a bilateral format under the overall command of Admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
More than 400 warships, submarines and support vessels, over 120 naval aircraft, some 7,000 units of weaponry, military and special hardware, and more than 90,000 personnel will participate in the drills, which will take place in the waters of the Pacific and Arctic oceans, Mediterranean, Caspian, and Baltic seas.
The Ocean 2024 strategic command post exercise is aimed at checking the readiness of the senior staff of the Russian Navy to operate all-arms groups of forces in the areas of responsibility, to solve non-standard operational tasks, to make full use of high-precision weapons, advanced and modern weapons and military hardware in the practical part of the exercise, and to expand cooperation with the navies of partner countries to perform joint maritime missions.
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