Six highlights of China-Russia maritime jointexercise
08:09, July 08, 2013 
BEIJING, July 5 (ChinaMil) -- The warships of the taskforce under the Navy of theChinese People's Liberation Army (PLAN) to participate in the China-Russia "MaritimeJoint Exercise 2013" arrived at the open waters off the Port of Vladivostok - Peter theGreat Gulf, on July 4, 2013 after three days of continuous voyage. What can we expectfrom this exercise? With this question, our reporters interviewed Yang Junfei,commander of the taskforce for this exercise and deputy commander of the North ChinaSea Fleet of the PLAN.
Highlight 1: Chinese participating force comes from two fleets
According to Yang Junfei, among all of its oversea maritime joint exercises with foreignnavies, this exercise is the one in which the PLAN sends the most of its troops toparticipate. The troops for this exercise, including 7 vessels, 3 ship-borne helicoptersand 1 special operation unit, come from two fleets of the PLAN, namely the North ChinaSea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet.
Highlight 2: The taskforce is far from home and in the absence of support system
The "Maritime Joint Exercise 2013" is the first of its kind for the Chinese PLAN to sendlarge vessel taskforce for oversea joint exercise far away from naval base and withoutsupport system. "This is a big challenge for the PLA Navy," said Yang Junfei.
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