Russia, China and Iranian Warships Drilling Together in Gulf of Oman

Russian, Chinese and Iranian naval ships are drilling together in the Gulf of Oman as part of an annual exercise. Meanwhile the Russian Pacific Fleet’s flagship, cruiser RFS Varyag (011) and corvette RFS Sovershenny (333) departed Vladivostok on Tuesday for a deployment to the Asia Pacific. The Maritime Security Belt 2025 drill saw ships from the Russian Navy, the Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army Navy, Iranian Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gathering together at Iran’s Chabahar Port on Sunday before setting out on Monday for the sea phase of the drills. The Russian surface action group comprising corvettes RFS