Russia, China hold first joint naval exercises in Baltic Sea
Russian and Chinese warships began joint naval exercises in the Joint Sea 2017 manoeuvres on Tuesday for the first time in the Baltic Sea. The exercise involves anti-aircraft and anti-ship defence measures coordinated from the Baltiysk base in Russia's Kaliningrad enclave. This comes after the US deployed anti-aircraft missiles in the Baltics for use in NATO military drills in Lithuania.