UPDATED: 11:05, September 13, 2006
Chinese, US navy carry out first joint marine communication and mobile drills



The visiting Chinese missile cruiser 113 (Qingdao) and US missile cruiser 93
(Zhongyun) cooperated on a six-hour marine communication and mobile drill near
Hawaii on September 10 (September 11 in China). This is the first time the
Chinese and US navies have cooperated on such drills.

The drills were directed in turn by the Chinese and US navy. They trialed
several means of communication and organized their vessels into joint
formations.

During the drills, the Chinese and US navies each had two of their own observers
on the other's ships to view and evaluate the giving of orders and drills.
The drills were held after the Chinese navy left Hawaii.

By People's Daily Online