Thread: PLAN Naval Review

Here is a list of known participants.

Note, both India and Pakistan are sending their boats.


01、4/20-24，新西兰皇家海军，Endeavour， 舷号：A11， 访问港：青岛
02、4/20-24，新西兰皇家海军，Te Mana， 舷号：F 111， 访问港：青岛
03、4/20-24，美国海军， USS Fitzgerald， 舷号：DDG62， 访问港：青岛
04、4/20-24，澳大利亚海军， HMAS Pirie， 舷号：ACPB 87，访问港：青岛
05、4/20-24，澳大利亚海军， HMAS Success， 舷号：AOR 304，访问港：青岛
06、4/20-24，法国海军， FS Vendemiaire， 舷号：734， 访问港：青岛
07、4/20-24，印度海军， INS-Mumbai， 舷号：D62， 访问港：青岛
08、4/20-24，印度海军， INS Ranvir， 舷号： D54， 访问港：青岛
09、4/20-24，印度海军， INS_khanjar， 舷号：P47， 访问港：青岛
10、4/20-24，印度海军， INS Jyoti， 舷号：A58， 访问港：青岛
11、4/20-24，加拿大海军， HMCS Protecteur， 舷号：AOR509， 访问港：青岛
12、4/20-24，巴基斯坦海军， HMCS PNS Badr， 舷号：184， 访问港：青岛
13、4/20-24，巴基斯坦海军， HMCS PNS Nasr， 舷号：47， 访问港：青岛

As a historical note, the last Chinese Naval Review took place in July 5, 1890.

That would certainly be a sight to see. What I wouldn't give to be there

Think these two are mistakes

HMCS PNS Badr
HMCS PNS Nasr

The HMCS does not belong

Originally Posted by TopHatter

That would certainly be a sight to see. What I wouldn't give to be there

Don't worry, I will post pics.

http://www.yourindustrynews.com/succ...iew_28588.html
Success and Pirie Deploy for International Fleet Review
Friday, Apr 03, 2009
International maritime ties will be strengthened with Royal Australian Navy Ships Success and Pirie departing Darwin for Qingdao, China tomorrow to take part in the Chinese International Fleet Review.
The Royal Australian Navy ships will join units from 15 other nations from 20 – 24 April to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the establishment of the People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLA-N), after an invitation was extended in 2008.
The International Fleet Review coincides with an International Naval Symposium at which the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Russ Crane, AM, CSM, RAN will join leaders from up to 30 nations will gather to discuss ‘Strengthening Maritime Cooperation. Building Harmonious Oceans Together."
"The Symposium is a valuable regional forum and I look forward to meeting with my fellow Chiefs from other nations, to discuss issues of shared professional interest," said Vice Admiral Crane.
Success and Pirie will remain in Qingdao after the symposium to conduct ANZAC Day commemorative activities in support of the Australian Embassy. Success will then join ships from other nations in the South China Sea for Exercise Bersama Shield, an international exercise aimed at developing joint operational capabilities of the five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) nations, involving Australia, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand.
Bersama Shield will bring together air, ground and naval forces and enhance the interoperability of participating nations. The exercise aims to promote professionalism, enhance the exchange of ideas, deepen knowledge of each member’s strengths and capabilities, and most importantly form personal relationships through engagement.

Top Navy officer to visit China for naval celebration
Trip comes on heels of incident with Chinese vessels, U.S. ship
By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Tuesday, April 7, 2009

TOKYO — The U.S. Navy’s top officer will visit China later this month to watch firsthand as the country celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Chinese navy.

The announcement of Adm. Gary Roughead’s visit came April 1 from London, where President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao met on the eve of a worldwide economic summit and declared their mutual goal of improving the economy and relations between the two countries, according to a White House statement.

The invitation to Roughead is not unusual. Both countries have exchanged visits between military leaders and naval ships for years. They have participated in joint exercises in the past decade, and the two navies have been part of a worldwide effort to stem piracy off the coast of Africa, said Lt. Jessica Gandy, a spokeswoman for Roughead.

Roughead himself has visited China before and has known his counterpart, Adm. Wu Shengli, for two years, Gandy said.

But the visit also comes on the heels of five Chinese vessels shadowing a civilian-run U.S. surveillance ship on March 8 in the South China Sea.

The incident prompted strong criticism from U.S. military leaders. Moreover, it signaled that as China continues to show its national pride at sea, the U.S. continues to argue its right to free navigation as a global superpower, according to Denny Roy, a senior fellow at the East-West Center, a research organization founded by Congress to study Asia, the Pacific and the United States.

"It is easy to foresee these incidents continuing and worsening in the future," Roy said in an e-mail to Stars and Stripes. "If the two sides could work out an understanding to forestall this, that alone would make Adm. Roughead’s visit a major success."

Roughead will attend China’s International Fleet Review along with Vice Adm. John Bird, the U.S. Seventh Fleet commander, Gandy said. The destroyer USS Fitzgerald also will participate in the review, she said.

Earlier last week, Obama and Hu agreed to continue more friendly military exchanges. They also agreed to work toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and to address both Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Sudan’s humanitarian issues, according to the White House statement.

In this decade, China’s gross domestic product has more than doubled. Its budget for the People’s Liberation Army has kept the same pace, growing from $27.9 billion in 2000 to $60.1 billion in 2008, according to an annual report on China released by the Department of Defense late last month.

The U.S. military’s budget for 2009 provided for more than $515 billion in discretionary spending, up 7.5 percent from the previous year, according to the Defense Department.

China’s higher spending is in part going toward development of a new class of nuclear-powered, ballistic-missile carrying submarine and aircraft carriers, the report said. Its electronic warfare capacity and air force capabilities are on par with adversaries or making gains, the report said.

At the same time, the country’s military is hampered by its ability to fix and supply ships at sea and to refuel aircraft in the air, according to the report.

And while China has gained strides in its ability to knock out satellite communications and continues to strengthen its nuclear arsenal and adapt its military strategy for asymmetrical battlegrounds, it remains limited by its ability to work cohesively within its own services structure, the report said.

Since September 2007, the country has had at least 18 joint exercises to combat that weakness, the report said.


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