Ships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy repelled a mock enemy air raid during joint patrols in the Pacific Ocean

Ships of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy repelled a mock enemy air raid during joint patrols in the Pacific Ocean Warships of the Navy of Russia and the Naval Forces of the People’s Liberation Army of China in the course of carrying out the tasks of the third joint maritime patrol of the Pacific Ocean conducted special exercises with the crews of aircraft and helicopters from both sides. The joint detachment of ships of the Russian and the PLA Navy continues to move along the route previously agreed by the parties. The crews of the ships have already crossed the Sea of ​​Japan, the La Perouse Strait, the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, the Kamchatka Strait and the Bering Sea. Now, the Russian-Chinese detachment operates in the Pacific Ocean. In total, since the beginning of the patrol, the detachment has already traveled more than 4,000 nautical miles. In the course of joint actions at sea, much attention is paid to interaction with aviation. At various stages of patrolling, anti-submarine aircraft Il-38 of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet and aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army of China worked in conjunction with the crews of warships. During the passage by sea, the organisation of search and tracking of mock enemy submarines was improved in practice, as well as joint rescue operations at sea. The carrier-based helicopters of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet Ka-27 performed landings and takeoffs on ships of the Chinese Navy. In turn, Chinese helicopters landed and took off from Russian warships. As part of the air defence exercise, the crews of the ships of the Russian Navy and the PLA Navy worked out algorithms of actions to repel an attack by air attack weapons of a mock enemy from various heights and directions. Naval aircraft also acted as attackers of the joint detachment. Join Military Wave Источник: Military Wave