Russian, Chinese Ships Kick Off Joint Naval Exercise

April 24 2012

China

China and Russia are in the midst of a joint maritime exercise in the Yellow Sea, reports MSNBC.

The large-scale Maritime Cooperation-2012 exercise, being held off the resort city of Qingdao, began on Sunday and is scheduled to run through Friday.

On Saturday, the Russian guided-missile cruiser Varyag was reported to have arrived in the area.

Three Udaloy-class destroyers and three support ships from Vladivostok were also sent to participate, said officials.

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