U.S. Navy on Alert: China, Russia to Launch Largest-Ever Joint Navy Exercise

• U.S. Navy on Alert: China, Russia to Launch Largest-Ever Joint Navy Exercise
  by Guy Taylor – The Washington Times – Tuesday, August 18, 2015
  The Chinese and Russian navies are gearing up for their largest-ever joint exercises, slated to begin Thursday in the Pacific with more than 20 ships and featuring anti-submarine operations as well as a joint-beach landing. The “Joint Sea 2015 II” exercises will run through Aug. 28 in the Sea of Japan and off the coast of Vladivostok.
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  While analysts say the operations have increased in size and sophistications during recent years, the Chinese and Russian navies have held five such joint exercises over the past decade.
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  But in the current round of exercises, Chinese frigates have reportedly made their first-ever visit to the Russian Novorossiysk naval base in the Black Sea.
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