According to a statement released on Wednesday from the press service of the Russian Pacific Fleet, ships from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and the Russian Navy will form a new task group to carry out joint patrol missions in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Russian Navy’s and the PLA Navy’s crews will form a new detachment to carry out joint patrol missions in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the news agency.
According to Interfax, Russia is conducting a number of military exercises with China in response to the Asia-Pacific region’s growing US military potential, citing Russia’s top genitalia, Valery Gerasimov, in 2022.
Moscow and Beijing have jointly conducted air patrols in the Asia-Pacific region since 2019, the report continued.
The two nations are wrapping up five days of joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan that focused on anti-submarine and air defense missions as the joint patrol announcement is made.
Russian crews practiced searching for and neutralizing a mock enemy submarine while conducting live-fire drills on the large anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs and the corvette Gromky, according to Interfax.
The drills were defensive in nature, according to Russia’s Pacific Fleet, and not against any other nations.
China’s rumored formation of the Asia-Pacific joint patrol coincides with its plan to modernize and upgrade its naval arsenal to become a “blue water” force capable of conducting long-range operations in the world’s oceans, similar to those of the United States and other Western forces.
Source: Aljazeera
Leave a Reply