PLAN Anti-Piracy Deployments

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he 11th naval escort taskforce under the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA)
organized its “Qingdao” guided missile destroyer, “Yantai” guided missile frigate and ship-borne helicopters
to carry out joint coordinated anti-piracy training from day to night in the Indian Ocean on March 11, 2012,
local time, which is the first training of its kind of the escort taskforce since setting sail.

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nice to see some night time operations

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The 11th Chinese naval escort taskforce under the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) formed by “Qingdao” warship, “Yantai” warship and “Weishan Lake” supply ship arrived at the Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast as scheduled on the morning of March 15, 2012, local time, and successfully joined forces with the 10th Chinese naval escort taskforce which has just accomplished the 430th escort mission.

The 10th and 11th naval escort taskforces joined up with each other in the eastern waters off the Gulf of Aden at around 05:00. Under the command of the 10th naval escort taskforce, the two taskforces began to conduct the first joint escort mission. Sailing in two columns, the two taskforces escorted seven merchant ships from China, India and Malta to the western waters off the Gulf of Aden.

According to the schedule, the two naval escort taskforces will hold a ceremony on “Haikou” warship to handover the escort mission on the morning of March 17, 2012. The 11th naval escort taskforce will then officially take over the escort mission.

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would be nice to see the 2 taskforces switching over, so we should see 6 PLAN ships together in Gulf of Aden, thats a big naval force!!

would be nice to see Type 071 LPD, Type 052C Destroyer, 2 x Type 054A frigates and a 2 replenishment tankers during a handover cermoney, they could have half a dozen helos in there

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asif iqbal said:

would be nice to see the 2 taskforces switching over, so we should see 6 PLAN ships together in Gulf of Aden, thats a big naval force!!

would be nice to see Type 071 LPD, Type 052C Destroyer, 2 x Type 054A frigates and a 2 replenishment tankers during a handover cermoney, they could have half a dozen helos in there

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Well, we've already seen something similar.

Or more recently during the handover of 9th and 10th task forces.

nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i havnt seen those pics before they look awesome, thats probably the largest formation of PLAN ive seen, outside Chinese waters

Thanks hmmwxv!!! but cant see your last post pics, can u re-post

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After the handover of escort mission, the “Qingdao” warship unmoored and left the “Haikou” warship
and the “Qinghai Lake” supply ship which anchored side by side on March 17, 2012.

Under the command of the 11th naval escort taskforce, the 10th and the 11th naval escort taskforces under the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) began to conduct their second joint escort mission on the morning of March 18, 2012, local time.

The 11th naval escort taskforce officially took the place of the 10th naval escort taskforce to perform the escort mission.