Sea Cup competition of IAG 2022 kicks off in Qingdao

By Solar Fei, Wang Guanbiao, and Xu Linbo

QINGDAO, Aug. 15 — The Sea Cup floor ship contest of the Worldwide Military Video games (IAG) 2022 kicked off on August 15 within the waters close to Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. The competition will final one week.

On August 14, the Chinese language PLA Navy’s guided-missile frigate Handan (Hull No. 579), command ship of the Sea Cup contest (Pacific part) set sail from a naval port in Qingdao to satisfy the corvette Gromkiy (Hull No. 335) from Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet, which got here to Qingdao to take part within the contest. Guided by the frigate Handan, the Russian corvette entered China’s territorial waters and anchored on the designated anchorage.

The Chinese language PLA Navy has dispatched its guided-missile frigate Linyi (Hull No. 547) to compete within the Sea Cup. The frigate, commissioned in 2012, owns a displacement of 4,300 tons at full load and possesses space air protection, anti-submarine and anti-ship fight capabilities. It ever carried out main missions corresponding to escorting service provider ships within the Gulf of Aden, evacuating Chinese language nationals from Yemen, and China-foreign joint coaching and workout routines.