A total of 18 surface vessels, including four guided missile destroyers, two missile frigates, a supply ship, and three ship-borne helicopters were due to take part, according to Chinese state media, as well as a submarine.
The move to deepen military ties between Moscow and Beijing with the operation, called ?Joint Sea 2013?, comes against the backdrop of territorial disputes in the region and will heighten fears of China?s growing naval reach and ambition.
China?s official news agency, Xinhua, described the drill as ?the Chinese navy?s single biggest deployment of military force in any joint foreign exercise.?
Major General Yang Junfei, the Chinese fleet?s commander, told Xinhua: ?This is our strongest line-up ever in a joint naval drill.? China was sending ?seven ships, three helicopters and one special warfare unit?, he added.
The Sino-Russian war games will kick off in full next week when the two navies are set to simulate ?recapturing ships seized by pirates, as well as search-and-rescue operations [and] a number of air defence, anti-submarine and anti-ship exercises,? Xinhua reported. Two commando units will also take part.
China?s defence ministry said ?the drills are not targeted at any third party, and that the aim is to deepen cooperation between the two militaries?.
But the United States? ?pivot? to Asia and continuing maritime disputes with neighbours including Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam mean Beijing is increasingly keen to project its growing military prowess and assert its control over the seas.
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