China News Service Peter the Great Bay Nanchang guided missile destroyer, October 17th, title: Sino-Russian joint anti-submarine exercise across day and night: a secret duel between sea space and deep sea
China News Agency reporter Sun Zifa
From the evening of the 16th to the early morning of the 17th local time, the seas of Peter the Great Bay in Russia at night were windy and turbulent. The warships participating in the Sino-Russian "Sea Joint-2021" joint military exercise shook up and down violently, and the sea conditions were worse than during the day.
The one-day Sino-Russian joint exercise "the highlight"-the joint anti-submarine exercise was transferred to the second stage, and night exercises began.
This is a cross-day and night joint anti-submarine exercise conducted by the Chinese and Russian navies, making this sea space and the invisible secret confrontation under the deep sea even more mysterious and thrilling.
During the day, the Chinese participating naval fleet quickly lined up after arriving in the exercise area. The Nanchang, Kunming, Binzhou, and Liuzhou ships deployed towed sonars in accordance with the instructions, and carpeted the target sea area in a "Pin" formation. search.
In the air, the participating anti-submarine patrol aircraft flew from the Chinese territory to the sea above the exercise area, adjusted their altitude in time according to the sea and air situation, and coordinated with the surface ships to carefully listen to the underwater targets in the deep sea.
In addition, the Chinese ship-borne helicopters also took off at the order to fly to the suspected target sea area for a relay search and verification.
At the same time, under the tumbling waves, the target of the submarine was swimming in the deep sea with bated breath, waiting for the opportunity to move.
A secret contest between sea and air submarine three-dimensional tracking and anti-tracking, and hidden and anti-submarine, was staged with passion.
Talking about the role of surface ships, carrier helicopters, and anti-submarine patrol aircraft in joint anti-submarine patrol missions, the Chinese commander Li Lie pointed out that the anti-submarine patrol aircraft is like computer tomography (CT) and nuclear magnetic resonance. The suspected target sea area will be located and searched, and the shipborne helicopter will carry out "endoscope" operations and carry out "minimally invasive surgery" in the suspicious sea area as needed, and further verify or eliminate it.
Surface ships undertake the task of tracking and locking targets for a long time, constantly narrowing the range, and slowly closing the net.
Naval Colonel Yang Dongming, commander of the tactical crew of the Nanchang ship mission, said that during the joint anti-submarine exercise, the helicopters took off to the predetermined target area and searched the target sea area after tightly covering the target sea area. They also searched and verified the temporarily designated target area in accordance with the formation instructions.
Although the sea conditions during the exercise were very bad, the Nanchang mission crew successfully completed the joint anti-submarine mission assigned by the formation, and coordinated with the formation of related ships and aircraft through the data link.
"Anti-submarine warfare is a problem recognized by navies of all countries in the world. It has high requirements for the construction of underwater detection, search and positioning, firepower strikes and other systems." Naval colonel Zhang Yong, commander of the Chinese formation, pointed out that ships, anti-submarine patrol aircraft and helicopters are in anti-submarine operations. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and it is more efficient to use together.
The Sino-Russian navy’s implementation of a cross-day and night joint anti-submarine exercise to show each other’s “family status” on the one hand is closer to actual combat, and on the other hand, it also reflects the high level of trust and coordination between the two militaries of China and Russia.
With the passage of time, the submarine search area of the joint exercise has been shrinking, and a tight three-dimensional "hunting net" has been laid in the target sea area.
On the evening of the 16th, Naval Colonel Tan Shenpeng, the captain of the Nanchang carrier helicopter, returned from a flight search and submarine search. He said that the submarine search effect was good, and the cooperation of the ship and the aircraft basically achieved the tactical purpose and intention.
"The Nanchang ship successfully completed the anti-submarine warfare exercise tasks assigned by the formation." The deputy anti-submarine warfare commander of the Nanchang ship, Captain Zhao Quanyu, believes that through this Sino-Russian joint anti-submarine exercise, the training level of the officers and soldiers of the Nanchang anti-submarine department and the reliability of anti-submarine equipment have been further verified. This shows that the research and training of the Nanchang ship's anti-submarine warfare is effective, scientific and reasonable.
From the 16th to the 17th, across the day and night, the Sino-Russian "Maritime Joint-2021" joint anti-submarine exercise subject has no smoke of gunpowder. The invisible three-dimensional confrontation between the sea and the air continues to test the determination of the red and blue sides. Strength and wisdom.
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