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China and Russia Conduct Advanced Joint Sea-2025 Drills in Sea of Japan

Routine annual exercises now underline deep naval cooperation against a backdrop of US strategic moves.

This illustrative image from April 24, 2018 shows J15 fighter jets on China's aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, during a drill at sea.
China-Russia Naval Drills
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a meeting on the sidelines of the SCO Foreign Ministers' Council meeting in Beijing, China July 13, 2025 | Reuters

Overview

  • The three-day Joint Sea-2025 exercises began on August 3 in the Sea of Japan near Vladivostok and will finish on August 5 with coordinated Pacific patrols.
  • Participants include four Chinese destroyers—among them guided-missile Shaoxing and Urumqi—and multiple vessels from the Russian Pacific Fleet.
  • Drills cover submarine rescue, joint anti-submarine warfare, air defence, anti-missile operations and live-fire maritime combat.
  • China’s Ministry of National Defence and the Russian Pacific Fleet emphasize that the exercises follow a preplanned annual cooperation schedule and are not aimed at any third country.
  • Japan’s defence ministry has warned that growing China-Russia naval interoperability poses serious security risks in the region.