A flotilla of Chinese warships was kept under close watch last month as it visited Russia for its annual Navy Day celebrations.
At least five NATO members dispatched sea and air assets last month to track a pair of Chinese ships on a 13,000-nautical-mile round trip from the Horn of Africa to Russia.Photographs released on Saturday by the British navy confirmed it had shared monitoring duties with Belgium and France as the Chinese destroyer Jiaozuo and supply ship Honghu sailed up the Atlantic into the Baltic Sea en route to St. Petersburg.
Petersburg and mooring at the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment on the Neva River before taking part in Russia's Navy Day parade on July 28.Pictures released by Portugal's air force late last month indicated that it had also escorted the Chinese ships past its coast. Aircraft tracking data suggested a P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft out of the coastal town of Figueira da Foz was given the task.
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