{"id":25257,"date":"2025-10-12T05:59:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=25257"},"modified":"2025-10-12T05:59:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T05:59:43","slug":"china-sends-new-navy-fleet-on-escort-mission-in-gulf-of-aden-waters-near-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=25257","title":{"rendered":"China sends new navy fleet on escort mission in Gulf of Aden, waters near Somalia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20251011\/8e50159d71f44308b7cc241f17de00cd\/Oqor3xfXxGqaWaCE.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Special forces members stand in formation at a port in Qingdao, east China&#8217;s Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2025. A new fleet of the Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Navy set sail from a military port in Qingdao, east China&#8217;s Shandong Province, on Saturday to take over an escort mission from the previous fleet in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia. This 48th navy fleet comprises a missile destroyer, a missile frigate and a supply vessel &#8212; with two helicopters and dozens of special forces members on board. (Photo by Liu Zaiyao\/Xinhua)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new fleet of the Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army Navy set sail from a military port in Qingdao, east China&#8217;s Shandong Province, on Saturday to take over an escort mission from the previous fleet in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 48th navy fleet comprises a missile destroyer, a missile frigate and a supply vessel &#8212; with two helicopters and dozens of special forces members on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In preparation for the mission, the fleet conducted training focused primarily on the use of weapons, the tasks involved in providing a convoy escort, and measures necessary for replenishment during the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China in December 2008 began dispatching naval ships to carry out vessel protection operations in both the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia.&nbsp;\u25a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/english.news.cn\/20251011\/8e50159d71f44308b7cc241f17de00cd\/Qi6QkfLNlAuI62b6.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers and soldiers wave goodbye at a port in Qingdao, east China&#8217;s Shandong Province, Oct. 11, 2025. 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