Why Is A Chinese Military Helicopter Landing On A US Navy Ship? (Video) -- KPBS
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.
(The video up top shows a Chinese Harbin Z-9E helicopter practicing its landing techniques aboard the Sterett.)
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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My Comment: This is something that you do not see everyday.
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1984 is absolutely in full swing. One day Iran is our sworn enemy and the next we are fighting IS together. Then we are locking horns with China one day and training together the next. I could go on about the surveillance and torture centers but this is about military cooperation with people we harden our defenses against.
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