The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) transits the Gulf of Aden prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). The focus of the exercise was American and Chinese naval cooperation in detecting, boarding, and searching suspected pirated vessels. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (Navy) frigate Yi Yang (FF 548) transits the Gulf of Aden prior to conducting a bilateral counter-piracy exercise Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 with the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). The focus of the exercise was American and Chinese naval cooperation in detecting, boarding, and searching suspected pirated vessels. Winston S. Churchill is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom.
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