24.10.2021, 07:40
Chinesisch-russischer Flottenverband vor Japan - immerhin handelt es sich um vier Zerstörer, darunter ein (auch seitens der NATO wegen der Verdrängung von rund 12.000 ts als Lenkwaffenkreuzer bezeichneter) Typ-055er-DDG, und vier Fregatten/Korvetten...
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Zitat:Japan Monitoring Combined Russian and Chinese Naval Fleet Sailing Off Honshuhttps://news.usni.org/2021/10/22/japan-m...off-honshu
KUALA LUMPUR – A combined Russian Navy and China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) fleet continues to sail in international waters east of Japan’s main island of Honshu, while Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and aircraft monitor the fleet during its voyage.
As of 4 a.m. Thursday, the joint fleet was sighted between Smith Island (Sumisu-tō) and Tori-shima Island in the Izu Island chain, according to a news release and map released by the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces on Friday. Smith Island is around 440 kilometers, or about 273 miles, south of the main island of Honshu. The news release said the fleet was 50 kilometers, or about 31 miles, southwest of Smith Island. [...] A release from earlier this week identified the Chinese ships as Type 055 destroyer Nanchang (101), Type 052D destroyer Kuming (172), type 054a frigates Binzou (515) and Liuzhou (573) and an unnamed replenishment ship. [...]
The Joint Staff release said the JMSDF was monitoring the passage of the ships via P-3C Orions of Fleet Air Wing 2 stationed at Hachinohe Air Base, Honshu, while minesweeper JS Izushima (MSC-687) and destroyers JS Yamagiri (DD-152) and JS Takanami (DD-110) also monitored the fleet. It also said the Japan Air Self-Defense Force fighters had been scrambled in response to helicopters taking off from the Russian Navy and PLAN ships, with photos of the helicopters in question included in the release.
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