Pilots of shipboard helicopters stand on China's missile destroyer Haikou at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, June 9, 2014. The Chinese navy will participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) multinational naval exercises for the first time. A missile destroyer, a missile frigate, a supplier ship and a hospital ship of the Chinese navy left for the United States on Monday to attend the exercises. (Xinhua/Hu Kaibing) |