The article title basically says it all: Chinese naval fleet completes first at-sea replenishment.A Chinese naval fleet en route to the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia for an escort mission against pirates completed its first replenishment at sea Tuesday.Seriously, where in the context of any article by a China Hawk lately does this article fit? When China conducts a replenishment at sea and it is so rare it makes the mainstream Chinese news, a little perspective is required.
The fleet, two destroyers and a supply ship, has entered the Indian Ocean after a four-day voyage which set sail from China's southernmost island province of Hainan.
In the afternoon, the supply ship Weishanhu successfully refueled the two destroyers Wuhan and Haikou with several hundred tons of oil, an operation that an official for fleet support described as "highly efficient."
Salamander is right, this has more in common with the US Navy 2 centuries ago than any other analogy one could use.
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