CHABAHAR PORT, Iran, Mar. 13 -- The maritime phase of the China-Iran-Russia "Security Belt-2025" joint exercise successfully concluded at about 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, local time.
The maritime phase of the exercise was held in the sea area near Iran's Chabahar Port from March 10 to 11. The exercise focused on subjects including maritime targets strike, VBSS (visit, board, search, and seizure), damage control, as well as joint search and rescue operations.
On the morning of March 10, the Chinese, Iranian, and Russian participating naval vessels successively sailed to the designated sea area. A live-fire nighttime shooting drill was conducted on that evening, with the Chinese side serving as the subject commander. The participating naval vessels also carried out drills on subjects such as nighttime heavy machine gun shooting drill and signal lamp ship-to-ship communication.
On the morning of March 11, the participating ships from three navies formed two mixed task detachment to rescue two "hijacked merchant vessels". Under the command of the Chinese guided-missile destroyer Baotou (Hull 133), the Chinese and Iranian naval vessels deployed boats to covertly approach the "hijacked merchant ships". Special operations members from both sides boarded the ships and successfully rescued the "hostages".
After the maritime phase of joint exercise, the Chinese, Iranian, and Russian participating naval vessels formed a single-column formation for maritime review.