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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) The Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) transits the Gulf of Aden prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). The focus of the exercise was American and Chinese naval cooperation in detecting, boarding, and searching suspected pirated vessels. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) board the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) to meet prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise.(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) A visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team member from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) boards a rigid-hull inflatable boat after completing a bilateral counter-piracy exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81).(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) participates in a bilateral counterpiracy exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) Ensign Phillip S. Neff, a member of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), right, shakes hands with a member of the VBSS team from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) following a bilateral counter-piracy exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) Ship's Serviceman Seaman Qing Su, right, from New York, translates for a U.S-China combined visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team comprised of Sailors from the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) and the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) during a bilateral counterpiracy exercise. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Chase/Released)

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jackliu said:

Why are they using mock up M-4s?

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bd popeye said:

You mean the USN of course. those are called "Rubber ducks" ..well because they are made of rubber. These mock weapons are used for training purposes many, many times. If you check the USN photo thread you will see them over and over again.

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GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 17, 2012) Members of the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) participates in a bilateral counter-piracy exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). The exercise helps improve American and Chinese cooperation in VBSS operations. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Derek R. Sanchez/Released)

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China, U.S. conduct first joint anti-piracy drill
BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of National Defense confirmed Monday that the Chinese and U.S. navies conducted their first joint anti-piracy drill in the Gulf of Aden on the same day. The drill, conducted by the Chinese missile frigate Yiyang and the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill, lasted for more than five hours, the ministry said.

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BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of National Defense confirmed Monday that the Chinese and U.S. navies conducted their first joint anti-piracy drill in the Gulf of Aden on the same day.
The drill, conducted by the Chinese missile frigate Yiyang and the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill, lasted for more than five hours, the ministry said.
The drill was praised by the Chinese side as being conducive to increasing mutual understanding and trust between the two navies and deepening bilateral cooperation in non-conventional security fields.

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