Qingdao, 19 August 2022 (TDI): The International Army Games (IAG) 2022’s Sea Cup surface ship competition got underway on August 15 in the waters near Qingdao, in the Shandong Province of eastern China. The competition will last for a week.
The surface ship contest is part of the International Army Games 2022. The agenda is to promote military collaboration and camaraderie between military personnel.
Chinese and Russian naval vessels joined the ceremony with soldiers on each side welcoming one another. The corvette Gromkiy (Hull No. 335) from the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet traveled to Qingdao to compete in the event.
Sea Cup of International Army Games 2022 kicks off in #China‘s #Qingdao. pic.twitter.com/lzk9GBxJBd
— libijian李碧建 (@libijian2) August 18, 2022
Gromkiy was met by the Chinese PLA Navy’s guided-missile frigate Handan (Hull No. 579), the command ship of the Sea Cup contest (Pacific section).
Frigate Handan escorted the Russian corvette to enter Chinese territorial waters which then anchored at the designated place. Handan is a Type 054A frigate of the People’s Liberation Army Navy. It was commissioned on 16 August 2018.
The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defense missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system.
The guided-missile frigate Linyi (Hull No. 547) of the Chinese PLA Navy has been sent to the Sea Cup. The frigate, which was put into service in 2012, has the ability to engage in area air defense, anti-submarine, and anti-ship combat.
It has a full load displacement of 4,300 tonnes. Major operations it has ever completed include escorting commercial ships in the Gulf of Aden, removing Chinese nationals from Yemen, and joint training as well as drills with China and other ally countries.
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