The Chinese Navy's 45th escort fleet ships, the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi and the comprehensive supply ship Dongpinghu, escort Chinese fishing vessels. (Photo/Xinhua) Beijing - China will send a new naval escort fleet to the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia in mid-August to carry out an escort mission, the country's Ministry of National Defense announced on Tuesday. The deployment marks the 49th Chinese naval escort fleet to operate in …
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