PLAN Anti-Piracy Deployments
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escobar
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Approved by the Central Military Commission (CMC), the 10th Chinese naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) will dock in Hong Kong from April 30 to May 4 on its way back from escort mission to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Hong Kong’s transfer of sovereignty to China at the invitation of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region. The escort taskforce includes the “Haikou” guided missile destroyer and the “Yuncheng” guided missile frigate and is led by Rear Admiral Li Shihong, commander of the taskforce and deputy chief of staff of the South China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy.
The taskforce carries two ship-borne helicopters and 609 officers and men in total. During its stay in Hong Kong, the taskforce will organize its commanding officers to receive pubic interviews, open its ships for public visits and holds a reception on the deck. The officers and men of the taskforce will take turns to rest. This is the second time for the Chinese navel escort taskforces to berth in Hong Kong.
MwRYum
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Already posted on the the 052 DDG thread earlier today.
If luck will have it, I'll be one of the few SDF forum member to cover this...
escobar
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The 10th naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) arrived at Sattahip, Thailand on April 21 for a five-day-long goodwill visit.
The "Haikou" warship, “Yuncheng” warship, and “Qinghai Lake” supply ship of the 10th Chinese naval escort taskforce slowly docked at the port of Sattahip at 10:00 in the morning. The Thai Navy held a solemn and warm welcoming ceremony for the Chinese naval escort taskforce. With music played by the Thai naval band, representatives of the Thai naval base, staff of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, representatives of the China-funded Chamber of Commerce and oversea Chinese gathered at the pier to welcome the arriving fleet.
Prior to this, the 10th Chinese naval escort taskforce had completed its escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somalia coast, and made a goodwill visit to the Republic of Mozambique. It was also the first time for the Chinese naval escort taskforces to visit the Republic of Mozambique
pics of 571 and 171 docking at hong kong with the receiving ceremony etc.
I hope you are among the visitors who get aboard one ship (or both!) and take photos for the good of SDF
MwRYum
Major
Not on the first day but second day, both morning and afternoon sessions, already savvy some good pics and will get more in the afternoon, will move out in 15 minutes from now.
Good news: sneaked a few pics of the interior of the 571, though not likely to repeat it on the 171. Spec ops equipment are on display and let you take all the pics you want.
Afternoon will concentrate on the 171 and spec ops kit I couldn't snap pics due to bad weather in the morning.
escobar
Brigadier
11th Chinese naval escort taskforce responds to new piracy trends
The Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast witnessed a total of 43 incidents from the beginning of this year to May 1, in which pirates attacked merchant ships and robbed 11 ships. Although the number of pirates’ attacks has dropped a lot compared with that of the same period of the previous year, there are still 100-odd batches of pirate or suspected pirate activities every month.
Meanwhile, the pirate activities have extended to the west coast of Sri Lanka and India in the east, to the Red Sea in the west, to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the north and to the Mozambique Channel in the south.
Yang Junfei, commander of the 11th naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and deputy commander of the North China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese PLA, said, in light of the new trends of the Somali pirates, the 11th naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese PLA further intensified its efforts to collect intelligence on pirate activities and made various contingency plans, especially the countermeasures to be adopted when the escort taskforce or the escorted ships are attacked by pirates. Meanwhile, the escort taskforce vigorously carried out mission-oriented intensive training and timely adjusted corresponding escort mode, so as to ensure the safety of the escort taskforce and the escorted ships.
The Gulf of Aden and the waters off the Somali coast witnessed a total of 43 incidents from the beginning of this year to May 1, in which pirates attacked merchant ships and robbed 11 ships. Although the number of pirates’ attacks has dropped a lot compared with that of the same period of the previous year, there are still 100-odd batches of pirate or suspected pirate activities every month.
Meanwhile, the pirate activities have extended to the west coast of Sri Lanka and India in the east, to the Red Sea in the west, to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman in the north and to the Mozambique Channel in the south.
Yang Junfei, commander of the 11th naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and deputy commander of the North China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese PLA, said, in light of the new trends of the Somali pirates, the 11th naval escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese PLA further intensified its efforts to collect intelligence on pirate activities and made various contingency plans, especially the countermeasures to be adopted when the escort taskforce or the escorted ships are attacked by pirates. Meanwhile, the escort taskforce vigorously carried out mission-oriented intensive training and timely adjusted corresponding escort mode, so as to ensure the safety of the escort taskforce and the escorted ships.
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What is this, a back up communication system? Pigeon post? ( The bird doesn't really look like a pigeon, but does anyone know what it is? )The 11th Chinese naval escort flotilla
escobar
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The first pic shows officers and men feeding an exhausted seabird and the second one shows them releasing a recovered seabird.
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