joint anti-piracy naval drills of Russia and Japan had kicked off in the Gulf of Aden, Russia's Northern Fleet said Saturday (November 10).
Photo taken on
December 27, 2016 shows a navy ship and a helicopter taking part in a rescue
operation on the Black Sea coast at the crash site of Russian Defense
Ministry's Tu-154 aircraft near Sochi, Russia.
Combat ships of the Russian Navy and the Japan Maritime
Self-Defense Force participated in the drills, including the Northern Fleet's
Severomorsk anti-submarine ship and the Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi, according
to Northern Fleet's spokesman Vadim Serga.
"Such interaction
between Northern Fleet's sailors and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is
taking place for the first time in the history of the Russian Navy," Serga
was quoted as saying by Russia's Interfax news agency.
The naval drills were aimed
at increasing cooperation between the Russian and Japanese warships in the
fight against piracy and terrorism, Sputnik news agency cited Serga as saying.
During the exercises, the crews of the ships will
exchange information, detect suspicious vessels, train sorties of shipborne
helicopters, conduct simulated attacks and carry out excursions, according to
Serga.
Source: NDO
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