A fleet of the Chinese navy is conducting high-intensity combat training in the East Sea with many items.
The Philippine Air Force and the US Indo-Pacific Command participated in the Joint Maritime Cooperation Activity in the East Sea in November 2023. (Source: Reuters)
The Southern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China announced that a fleet of the country’s navy, including the warships Tuyet Son and Lu Son, is conducting high-intensity combat training. on many categories.
According to the announcement, the training takes place day and night to test the emergency response abilities of officers and soldiers, their ability to use weapons in practice, and their ability to coordinate and command in a command environment. complex battlefield.
Training modules include handling complex and changing enemy situations at sea and in the air – such as suspicious targets, armed enemy fishing vessels, armed threats gas….
Training includes rescuing injured people, handling fires and other challenging situations.
According to Politico on March 29, a US official and a well-informed foreign diplomat said the US, Japan and the Philippines will deploy joint naval patrols in the East Sea later this year. This is considered a major move to counter China in the region – and is likely to cause a strong reaction from Beijing.
The above sources said that the naval patrol between the three countries is part of a package of initiatives that US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will be announced at the first trilateral summit next month.