Chinese, Russian warships return to Shanghai from joint drill

All warships participating the China-Russia joint naval drill returned to a Shanghai port Sunday.

The Chinese and Russian navies on Saturday concluded real combat drill on the East China Sea, with real weapons being used.

A total of 14 warships, two submarines, nine airplanes and six helicopters from both sides took part the three-day drill named "Joint Sea-2014".

Wang Chao, head of a coordination team from the Chinese Navy, told Xinhua that cooperation between two navies have improved in each joint drills in the past three years.

This drill is more complex than previous ones but the two sides can do better in the future, said Wang, who has taken part in all three joint drills.

Commanders of the two navies will hold discussions on the drill on Monday, while China's Zhengzhou missile destroyer and Russia's Varyag missile cruiser will be open to citizens in Shanghai for visit on the same day. 
Source:Xinhua Published: 2014-5-25 22:16:18 

[globaltimes.cn]
25/5/14
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