China, Pakistan kick off joint naval exercise “Sea Guardians – 2” in Shanghai

BEIJING, July 10 — The Sea Guardians – 2 maritime train collectively held by the Chinese language Folks’s Liberation Military Navy (PLAN) and Pakistan Navy (PN) kicked off at a army port in Wusong, Shanghai on Sunday. The four-day joint train, which is organized in line with the annual army cooperation plan of the 2 navies, has nothing to do with the regional state of affairs and isn’t focused at any third social gathering.

Themed with “joint response to maritime safety threats”, the Sea Guardians – 2 PLAN-PN joint maritime train goals to advertise bilateral protection cooperation and improve capabilities of the 2 militaries to collectively reply to maritime safety threats, and to consolidate the standard friendship between the 2 counties and two militaries, and push ahead growth of the China-Pakistan all-weather strategic partnership of cooperation.

The train can be held within the waters and airspace off Shanghai from July 10 to 13, and consists of two phases, i.e., port planning and maritime train. Throughout the first section, the 2 sides will perform onshore actions similar to operation planning, skilled experience exchanges, cultural and sports activities competitions. The joint drills the 2 navies will maintain in the course of the maritime train section embody attacking at maritime targets, tactical maneuver, anti-submarine operation, replenishment at sea, reinforcing broken ships, anti-aircraft and anti-missile operations, and many others.

The train is co-directed by PLA Navy Rear Admiral Liu Zhigang and Commodore Rashid Mehmood Sheikh of Pakistan Navy. The Chinese language taking part ships are primarily from the PLA Jap Theater Command, together with the guided-missile frigates Xiangtan (Hull No. 531) and Shuozhou (Hull No. 610), the excellent provide ship Qiandaohu (Hull No. 886), and one submarine, one early warning plane, two fighter jets and one helicopter. Pakistan Navy despatched the Frigate Taimur to take part within the train.

That is the second time that China and Pakistan have held the “Sea Guardians” sequence joint maritime train. In January, 2020, the 2 sides held a joint maritime train code-named Sea Guardians-2020 within the northern Arabian Sea, throughout which the taking part forces of either side cooperated in an in depth and deep manner, with all coaching topics efficiently accomplished, blazing new trails for future joint maritime workout routines between the 2 navies.