Fleet sails through South China Sea; training taken
2008-12-29 02:06:24 GMT2008-12-29 10:06:24 (Beijing Time)
China Daily
A crew member of the Chinese navy's special force descends down a rope from a helicopter during a training session on the deck of Haikou, a missile destroyer of the Chinese naval fleet on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia on December 28, 2008, two days after departure from Sanya, south China's Hainan province. The naval fleet is expected to sail through the Singapore Strait and the Strait of Malacca on December 29, 2008 and arrive in the Gulf of Aden on January 6, 2009. [chinadaily.com.cn/ Wang Hui]
A pilot sits inside a helicopter during a training session on the deck of Haikou, a missile destroyer of the Chinese naval fleet on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia on December 28, 2008, two days after departure from Sanya, south China's Hainan province. [chinadaily.com.cn/ Wang Hui]
This photo taken on December 28, 2008 shows Weishanhu, a supply ship of the Chinese naval fleet sails on the South China Sea, two days after departure from Sanya, south China's Hainan province on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia. [chinadaily.com.cn/ Wang Hui]
Sailors take an oath on the deck of a missile destroyer of the Chinese naval fleet on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia on December 28, 2008, two days after departure from Sanya, south China's Hainan province. [chinadaily.com.cn/ Wang Hui]
This is a photo taken on the deck of the missile destroyer Haikou, one of the three Chinese naval warships sailing for anti-piracy duty off Somalia, on December 28, 2008. [chinadaily.com.cn/ Wang Hui]
Chinese navy force took a training session on an anti-piracy mission off Somalia on December 28, 2008, two days after departure from Sanya, south China's Hainan province.
The naval fleet is expected to sail through the Singapore Strait and the Strait of Malacca on December 29, 2008 and arrive in the Gulf of Aden on January 6, 2009.
