ABOARD HMCS MONTRÉAL SAILING IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA – As the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter prepared to take off, the Chinese warship was in view off the starboard side of the Canadian frigate.
The PLAN Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvette CNS Wuzhou (626) would...
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy Shandong Carrier Strike Group sailed back into the South China Sea on Thursday, ending a ten-day deployment to the Philippine Sea that began on July 9, Japan’s Joint Staff Office reported.
On Friday, the JSO issued a news release that reported on the Shandong CSG’s activities and location on Wednesday and Thursday. The JSO had earlier issued a release covering the CSG up to Monday, but Friday’s...
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy and the Russian Navy wrapped up a joint exercise in the South China Sea and a separate joint naval patrol this week.
The two navies finished what the PLAN calls Joint Sea 2024, which is known as Maritime Interaction 2024 to the Russians. The drills began on Monday in the South China Sea,...
https://news.usni.org/2024/07/18/chinese-plan-and-russian-navy-finish-south-china-sea-exercise
The Russian Navy and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy began their annual joint patrol on Thursday with Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) reporting the combined flotilla is now in the Pacific Ocean after transiting Japan’s Osumi Strait from Thursday to Friday.
Corvette RFS Sovershenny (333) rendezvoused with PLAN destroyer CNS Yinchuan (175), frigate CNS Hengshui (572) and fleet oiler CNS Weishanhu (887) in the Korea Strait near...
https://news.usni.org/2024/07/05/chinese-russian-joint-warship-patrol-begins-in-the-pacific
The Japan Self-Defense Forces will participate for the first time in the U.S. military’s Valiant Shield exercise, with part of the exercise taking place in Japan, said Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara on Friday. Meanwhile, China continues its Joint Sword-2024A exercise around...
China’s third aircraft carrier Fujian (18) left Shanghai on Wednesday morning to conduct its first sea trial, according to a report by People’s Liberation Army News. Meanwhile, the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) first batch of female naval aviators carried out their first solo flight on Apr. 25.
Fujian left Jiangnan Shipyard at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, according to PLA News, with the sea trial being conducted to test and verify the reliability...
https://news.usni.org/2024/05/01/chinese-aircraft-carrier-fujian-leaves-for-first-set-of-sea-trials
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The joint Russian Navy – People’s Liberation Navy (PLAN) flotilla that sailed near Alaska and the Aleutian Islands in early August is now operating in the East China Sea, according to a Thursday Japan Ministry of Defense release.
The flotilla has been sailing together since July 27, when it departed from Vladivostok, Russia. At that time it consisted of 10 ships: Russian Navy destroyers RFS Admiral Panteleyev (548) and RFS Admiral Tributs (564); corvettes RFS Gremyashchiy (337) and...
PLA Navy Ships Underway off Japan
Chinese and Russian warships linked up in the Sea of Japan Wednesday for the People’s Liberation Army Northern Theatre Command led Chinese-Russian “Northern Interaction 2023,” reported the PLA Daily.
The five-ship Chinese Surface Action Group (SAG) consists of destroyers CNS Guiyang (119) and CNS Qiqihar (121), frigates CNS Zaozhuang (542) and CNS Rizhao (598) and fleet oiler CNS Taihu (889). The Russian Navy SAG consists of destroyers RFS Admiral Panteleyev...
https://news.usni.org/2023/07/19/chinese-russian-warships-meet-near-japan-for-naval-exercise
Russian Navy corvettes RFS Sovershenniy (333) and RFS Gromkiy (335). JMSDF photo
Two Russian warships are now in Shanghai ahead of an at-sea exercise with People’s Liberation Army Navy vessels in the Pacific, according to Chinese state media.
Russian Navy corvettes RFS Sovershenniy (333) and RFS Gromkiy (335) called into Shanghai for a weeklong port visit on Wednesday and following the conclusion of the port call will carry out joint exercises with PLAN ships.
The two Russian corvettes, both part...
https://news.usni.org/2023/07/10/russian-chinese-warships-prepare-for-joint-pacific-naval-exercises
People’s Army Liberation Navy (PLAN) destroyer CNS Baotou (133), amphibious assault ship CNS Guangxi (32), frigate CNS Anyang (599) and fleet oiler CNS Chao Hu (890) Japanese Ministry of Defense photo
Russian Navy and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships have been conducting separate, unrelated transits of Japanese straits and sails around Japan over the week, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office (JSO) of the Ministry of Defense releases.
PLAN destroyer CNS Baotou (133) and amphibious...
https://news.usni.org/2023/06/30/russian-plan-ships-conducting-transits-around-japanese-straits