Russia, China Simulate Attack on Enemy Submarine in Sea of Japan Drills

The Russian Navy and People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) simulated attacks on an adversarial submarine and an amphibious ship, and rehearsed a submarine rescue during a recent five-day joint exercise in the Sea of Japan. A Russian Navy IL-38 and PLAN Y-8 maritime patrol aircraft located and destroyed a simulated enemy submarine in a joint anti-submarine warfare drill in the Sea of Japan, the Russian Ministry of Defense said Wednesday. The two countries also conducted joint firing exercises, using naval guns to fire at a naval target meant to imitate an enemy assault landing ship detachment. Russia and China wrapped