Russia, China Kick off ‘Ocean 2024’ Large Scale Naval Exercise

Russia and China launched joint naval exercises in the Sea of Japan The Russian Navy began a week-long, large-scale exercise called ‘Ocean 2024’ Pacific with Northern and Baltic fleets and the Caspian flotilla joining ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy and People’s Liberation Army Air Force aircraft participating in the Pacific Fleet portion of the exercise. The exercise will include more than 400 warships, submarines and support vessels, over 120 naval aircraft and more than 90,000 personnel, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday. The drills will take place in the waters of the Pacific and Arctic oceans,…