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Chinese, US ships conduct joint anti-piracy drill
by Staff Writers
Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2012


Chinese and US naval vessels have conducted their first joint anti-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden, officials said Tuesday, citing the drill as a sign of improving security ties.

The five-hour drill featured a Chinese missile frigate, the Yi Yang, and American guided missile destroyer the USS Winston S. Churchill, the US Navy and Chinese state media said.

In the exercise the US destroyer played the part of a vessel taken over by pirates, while a joint American-Chinese team boarded the ship to "rescue" the crew, the US Navy's Fifth Fleet said in a statement.

"Executing the boarding side-by-side as a combined US-Chinese team, the team successfully searched the vessel and provided assistance to the role-playing mariners," it said.

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, on a three-day visit to China, praised the joint exercise as evidence that military ties between the two powers were advancing.

"We noted that the United States and China just this week participated in a very successful counter-piracy exercise in the Gulf of Aden," Panetta said in a joint news conference with his Chinese counterpart, General Liang Guanglie.

"These exercises enhance the abilities of our navies to confront the common threat of piracy," he said.

Beijing lauded the drill as being "conducive to increasing mutual understanding and trust between the two navies," state news agency Xinhua said.

China's deployment to the coast of piracy-plagued Somalia in 2008 marked the first time in modern history that Beijing has sent its forces well beyond its territorial waters.

Panetta announced Tuesday that the US Navy has invited China to take part in a major US-led naval exercise, known as Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), in 2014.

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PILLAGING PIRATES
China, US conduct joint anti-piracy drill: Xinhua
Beijing (AFP) Sept 18, 2012
Chinese and US navy vessels conducted a joint military exercise on Monday as part of an anti-piracy drill in the Gulf of Aden, state media reported. The five-hour drill involved a Chinese missile frigate and a US guided missile destroyer, the ministry said, according to China's Xinhua news agency. Beijing lauded the drill as being "conducive to increasing mutual understanding and trust b ... read more


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