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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Why Is A Chinese Military Helicopter Landing On A US Navy Ship?


It might be a bit unsettling to watch a Chinese military helicopter land on a U.S. Navy ship - the San Diego-based USS Sterett to be exact. But it's all part of a planned counter-piracy exercise taking place in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa.

As the Navy describes "U.S.-China Counter-Piracy Exercise 15":
"This exercise represents a long-standing united front toward counter-piracy operations shared by these two world powers."
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