MOSCOW: During the exercise, the sailors of the Russian Navy and the Chinese Navy trained to free the hijacked ship and improved joint search and rescue operations at sea, conducted joint tactical maneuvering, and communications training.

The ships of the two countries, with the support of anti-submarine aviation, jointly searched for a mock enemy submarine and fired a volley of jet depth charges.

Artillery firing at a target imitating a surface warship was carried out, air targets were hit by anti-aircraft missiles and artillery. In total, more than 10 combat exercises were jointly performed during the period of the exercise.

After the completion of the exercise program, the crews of warships of Russia and China held a farewell ceremony at sea, during which the ships of the two countries lined up in wake columns and, having greeted each other with sound signals, each lay down on their own course..

Russia and China have completed naval drills in the East China Sea, after a week of joint exercises which included practicing how to capture an enemy submarine with depth charges and firing artillery at a warship, Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday (December 28).

The Dec. 21-27 exercises, entitled "Maritime Interaction-2022," included Russia's Pacific Fleet and were carried out in waters off Zhoushan and Taizhou in China's Zhejiang Province,

"Detachments of warships of the Pacific Fleet and the Naval Forces of the People's Liberation Army of China have completed practical tasks within the framework of the bilateral naval exercise," Russia's defense ministry said.

"The ships of the two countries, with the support of anti-submarine aviation, jointly searched for a submarine of a conditional enemy and fired a volley of jet depth charges," the ministry said.

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