The ships are expected to proceed to the Joint Sea-2017 exercise with Russia to be held off the Russian port cities of Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg. (file photo)
USNI News: China and Russia’s Joint Sea 2017 Baltic Naval Exercise Highlight a New Normal in Europe
China and Russia planned exercise in the Baltic Sea is raising eyebrows in northern Europe, NATO headquarters and Washington.
Dubbed Joint Sea 2017, the China-Russia maritime exercise in late July will see the introduction of a People’s Liberation Army Navy destroyer, frigate, and a support ship into the Baltic Sea. The PLAN flotilla will join Russia’s Baltic Sea fleet off St. Petersburg for joint drills. Joint Sea 2017 follows on the heels of the latest iteration of BALTOPs, a U.S. Navy Europe-led annual exercise that in mid-June brought together some fifty ships and fifty aircraft — including a B-52 and a B-1 — from the U.S., Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and other allied navies.
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WNU Editor: Welcome to the new normal.
More News On Chinese - Russian Naval Exercises In Europe
Russian Military Bombs ‘Enemy Submarine’ In Drills Near New U.S. War Games -- Newsweek
Chinese Navy Conducts Live-Fire Drill in Mediterranean Sea -- The Diplomat
Chinese Ships Drill In Mediterranean En Route To Joint Exercises With Russia -- RFE
Russian and Chinese fleets put pressure on NATO in the Baltic Sea -- Pravda
Russian-Chinese drills at Baltic Sea inject novelty into military cooperation — ambassador -- TASS
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