Watch A Chinese Military Helicopter Land On A U.S. Navy Warship

Why Is A Chinese Military Helicopter Landing On A US Navy Ship? (Video) -- KPBS

It might be a bit unsettling to watch a Chinese military helicopter land on a U.S. Navy ship - the San Diego-based USS Sterett to be exact. But it's all part of a planned counter-piracy exercise taking place in the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa.



(The video up top shows a Chinese Harbin Z-9E helicopter practicing its landing techniques aboard the Sterett.)



As the Navy describes "U.S.-China Counter-Piracy Exercise 15":



"This exercise represents a long-standing united front toward counter-piracy operations shared by these two world powers."



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My Comment: This is something that you do not see everyday.