By Sun Xingwei and Zou Fei
SATTAHIP, Thailand, Sep. 5 -- Marines from both sides participating in China-Thailand "Blue Strike-2023" joint naval training practiced live-fire shooting of submachine guns and pistols at a small arms shooting range of the Thai Marine Corps on September 4, marking the full deployment of the joint training event.
According to the joint training plan, the two sides started training courses on chemical defense, improvised explosive device disposal, fast-roping, etc. simultaneously following the mixed-grouping of members and the orientation of each other's weapons.
In the conference room on the amphibious landing ship HTMS Chang attached to a Thai naval landing ship flotilla, the two sides also conducted exchanges on humanitarian relief and matching of maritime replenishment plans.