Ocean 2024 CPX: Russian and Chinese ships perform artillery live fires at naval and aerial targets in Sea of Japan
12.09.2024
Warships of the Pacific Fleet and PLA Navy as a part of a joint detachment practised organisation of all types of defence when changing an area of performance of tasks within the Ocean 2024 CPX in the central part of the Sea of Japan.
The Russian-Chinese ship detachment trained to move in different formations as well as organise anti-aircraft, anti-submarine, and anti-mine defence. Supervised by a unified command, the ships repelled an attack of the mock air enemy with artillery live fires, crossed a mine-hazardous area, and destroyed a buoyant mine. Russian and Chinese sailors also trained to fight against high-speed uncrewed surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as performed live fires at night to hit a naval target.
Pacific Fleet's corvettes Gromky, Sorvershenny, Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov, auxiliary vessels along with PLA Navy's destroyers Xining and Wuxi, frigate Linyi, and replenishment ship Taihu perform tasks as a part of the joint Russian-Chinese ship battle force.
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 participate in the drills, which 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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