China, Russia vow regular naval exchanges (2)

"We have safely accomplished all the designed subjects under complex weather conditions," he said. "According to primary evaluations, we did a great job."

On Wednesday, the two navies staged joint maritime search and rescue missions and fired weapons, including anti-air, anti-sea and anti-submarine artillery.

Multiple missions

They also conducted a flurry of exercises amid a thick mist on Monday and Tuesday, including anchorage defense, joint air defense, maritime supply, joint escort and the rescue of hijacked vessels.

Zhang Junshe, a researcher at the Military Academic Research Institute of the Navy of the PLA, said the exercises are not aggressive but for peaceful exchanges.

A maritime parade was also held after the exercises concluded. Thirteen vessels, three fixed-wing aircraft, five ship-borne helicopters and two special operations detachments joined the parade on Wednesday afternoon.

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Viktor Chirkov also joined Russian cruiser Varyag to review the troops.

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