Joint navy drill provides chance to evaluate information sharing

The ongoing joint drill between the Chinese and Russian navies will test their communication capabilities, an expert said on Thursday.

"Communication and information sharing are very important for forces from different militaries in coordinating operations and can be decisive for the drill's outcome," Zhang Junshe, a researcher with the PLA's Naval Military Studies Research Institute, told China Daily.

"Commanders from the two navies must discuss and decide how to communicate or relay information via radio," he said.