The guided-missile frigate Yangzhou (Hull Number 578) launches an aerial target drone during a realistic training exercise. A destroyer flotilla with the East China Sea Fleet under the PLA Navy organized its guided-missile destroyers Zhengzhou and Changchun and guided-missile frigate Yangzhou to perform realistic training in an undisclosed area of the East China Sea from March 29 to 31, 2016. During the exercise, the sailors carried out over ten training subjects including live-fire strike at maritime targets, air defense and anti-missile operations, comprehensive offensive and defensive operations and so on.
