The Chinese Navy deployed a 052D destroyer and a 054A frigate in the South China Sea to track and monitor the Indian Navy's "Eastern Fleet"! On August 4 local time, a Philippine journalist reported that the Philippine Navy and the Indian Navy's "Eastern Fleet" were conducting a "joint cruise" in the South China Sea, when Chinese Navy vessels were monitoring them within visual distance. From the public footage released by the Philippine journalist, it can be seen that the Chinese Navy has deployed a 052D destroyer and a 054A frigate. This is the first time that the Philippines has confirmed that the Chinese Navy has deployed vessels to track and monitor the Philippine Navy and the Indian Navy's "Eastern Fleet" formation.
President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., plans to visit India in August. The navies of India and the Philippines will also conduct joint exercises east of the Huangyan Island and along the western coast of the Philippines. According to the Philippine side, this is part of the Philippines' effort to rally international forces to support its position in the South China Sea. The Indian Navy's Delhi-class destroyers are equipped with eight Brahmos supersonic anti-ship missile launch tubes, which obviously indicate that the Indian Navy intends to use the Brahmos supersonic anti-ship missiles to enter the South China Sea and confront the Chinese Navy's Shandong aircraft carrier battle group head-on.
The Chinese Navy deployed a 052D destroyer and a 054A frigate to monitor the Indian Navy's "Eastern Fleet". For the Indian Navy's "Eastern Fleet", this is a relatively high level of attention, as the combat capability of the Indian Navy's Delhi-class destroyer is not as strong as the Chinese Navy's 056 frigate. However, in terms of tonnage equivalence, the 052D destroyer is indeed comparable to the Indian Navy's Delhi-class destroyer.
The Indian Navy's Delhi-class destroyer, as the main force of the "Eastern Fleet", has come to the South China Sea several times. The Delhi-class destroyer is an indigenous new ship of India, but due to its high center of gravity, it cannot undertake long-range voyages. We can also go cruising in the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Andaman Sea. After all, we can't explain things to the Indian military and the Philippine authorities. We can directly conduct live-fire training near the Huangyan Island or the eastern waters of Luzon Island, which would be more effective than anything else.
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