PLA Navy Reserve in Joint Exercise

5 September 2008

Chinese media reported that a joint naval exercise was carried out in the Yellow Sea near the Liushun Naval Base on 3 September.

Over 30 vessels, aircraft and helicopters from the PLA Navy, Navy Reserve, State Oceanic Administration, Maritime Safety Administration, and militia maritime rescue and medical forces participated the exercise.

The exercise began at 13:00 hours local time on 3 September. The troops carried out five operations, including “joint maritime reconnaissance and early warning”, “joint sea control”, “joint at-sea anti-submarine warfare”, “joint mine countermeasures warfare”, and “joint search and rescue”. The whole exercise lasted for over two hours.

It was said to be the largest-scale exercise the PLA Navy Reserve had taken part in since its establishment in 2004.

The command ship of the joint exercise, Shichang (hull 82), of the PLA navy (Source: Chinese Internet)