{"id":72684,"date":"2021-10-15T10:47:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T10:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/15\/china-russia-launch-joint-naval-drills-in-russian-far-east\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:54:26","slug":"china-russia-launch-joint-naval-drills-in-russian-far-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/10\/15\/china-russia-launch-joint-naval-drills-in-russian-far-east\/","title":{"rendered":"China, Russia launch joint naval drills in Russian Far East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BEIJING (AP) \u2014 China and Russia are holding joint naval drills off the Russian Far East in the latest sign of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/09\/28\/threats-from-russia-more-immediate-but-threats-from-china-greater-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">their growing political and military alignment.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercises Joint Sea 2021 kicked off with a ceremony on Thursday in Russia\u2019s Peter the Great Gulf and will run through Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese state media said the drills would encompass communications, anti-mine, anti-air and anti-submarine operations, joint maneuvering and firing on seaborn targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/10\/13\/combined-russian-and-chinese-military-power-will-approach-but-not-exceed-us-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP21225451333159.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image 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