The visiting Chinese missile cruiser 113 (Qingdao) and US missile cruiser 93 (Zhongyun) cooperated on a six-hour marine communication and mobile drill near Hawaii on September 10 (September 11 in China). This is the first time the Chinese and US navies have cooperated on such drills.

The drills were directed in turn by the Chinese and US navy. They trialed several means of communication and organized their vessels into joint formations.

During the drills, the Chinese and US navies each had two of their own observers on the other's ships to view and evaluate the giving of orders and drills.

The drills were held after the Chinese navy left Hawaii. The ships left Pearl Harbor for San Diego on the US mainland at 10 a.m. on September 10.

By People's Daily Online