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China to send its modern destroyer to joint maneuvers

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Chinanews, Beijing, July 25 - China will send its navy fleet, including SS Guangzhou (SS No.168), one of its most advanced missile destroyers, and SS Weishanhu (SS No.887), a supply ship, to Europe to take part in the joint¹ maneuvers² with the fleets of Britain, Spain and France.

The fleet left Sanya on July 25, heading for St. Petersburg in Russia, where the Year of China is observed at present. This will be the first official visit of the PLA navy to the city. After that, the fleet will visit Portsmouth in Britain,, Cadiz in Spain and Toulon in France, where joint maneuvers will be held.

SS Guangzhou is designed and made by China. It is one of the 3rd-generation missile destroyers, with a total displacement³ of 5,850 tons. It is equipped with modern antiaircraft, antivessel and counter-electronic weapons. SS Weishanhu is much bigger, with a total displacement of 20,000 tons.

The fleet will travel across the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, the North Atlantic, and 16 channels and straits. It will take 87 days to complete the journey.

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1 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 maneuvers
n.策略，谋略，花招( maneuver的名词复数 )
参考例句：
He suspected at once that she had been spying upon his maneuvers. 他立刻猜想到，她已经侦察到他的行动。来自辞典例句 Maneuvers in Guizhou occupied the Reds for four months. 贵州境内的作战占了红军四个月的时间。来自辞典例句

3 displacement
n.移置，取代，位移，排水量
参考例句：
They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。 The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。

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