China deployed its first advanced amphibious assault ship and two other new vessels in a commissioning ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping, local media reported https://t.co/9lZF6nx9RT
— Bloomberg (@business) April 25, 2021
First Sighting Of New Stealth Fighter For Chinese Navy's Aircraft Carriers Naval News The FC-31 is a medium-sized fighter, generally in the same class as the FA-18E Super Hornet and F-35 Lightning-II. And the French Dassault Rafale, ... |
The Type 003 has come a long way
Oh well, after weeks with at best blurry satellite images and a lot of guess-work, now the clear images showing the latest progress on the Type 003 carrier are coming within each minute.
— @Rupprecht_A (@RupprechtDeino) June 9, 2021
Seems as if the part close to the aft elevator has been added and the angled deck finished. pic.twitter.com/uq429tdHsN
How deceit was built into China's first aircraft carrier
Varyag was to be an Admiral Kuznetsov class multi-role aircraft carrier in the Soviet Navy. She was known as Riga when her keel was laid in Nikolayev on December 6, 1985. Launched on December 4, 1988, she was renamed Varyag (Varangian) in late 1990, after the famous 19th century namesake former...
Damage in the flight deck of #China's brand new #Shandong aircraft carrier#madeinchina products don't seem to last very long, particularly when they cut corners to speed up construction
— Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense (@IndoPac_Info) July 1, 2021
China puts out navy ships like from a sausage machine, but they are unlikely to last long pic.twitter.com/uH6wAOIQZn
#China Tested An AI-Controlled Submarine-Hunting Underwater Drone A Decade Ago: Report
— Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense (@IndoPac_Info) July 11, 2021
Reports suggest that China may have been testing a torpedo-armed underwater drone able to detect, track, and attack enemy submarines back in 2010.https://t.co/giBo3N2dT1
Chinese television video of recent night-flying operations aboard the #Chinese aircraft #carrier LIAONING 16. The aircraft are Shenyang J-15 Flying Sharks https://t.co/tCNx7S6zhP pic.twitter.com/wl6ZtKpZMB
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) August 8, 2021
#China's Type 071 amphibious transport dock ship KUNLUNSHAN 998 seen in early Sept. Commissioned in 2007 as the 1st of eight Type 071 LPDs, KUNLANSHAN displaces about 25,000 tons, roughly similar in size to the US Navy's SAN ANTONIO LPD17 class. 5 are in service 3 more building pic.twitter.com/4wbhElhkHk
— Chris Cavas (@CavasShips) September 19, 2021
Thought for the day.
— Navy Lookout (@NavyLookout) October 17, 2021
Since 2014, 🇨🇳China has launched more submarines, warships, major amphibious vessels and auxiliaries than the total number of ships currently serving in the navies of the UK, Germany, India, Spain and Taiwan combinedhttps://t.co/JTDVpxBS5p pic.twitter.com/0DNCVJqowX
Several pictures by local plane spotters surfaced today showing two key aircraft of the future Chinese aircraft carrier airwing in flight... The J-35 / J-XY and the KJ-600 will eventually fly off the Type 003 Aircraft Carrier 🇨🇳⚓️https://t.co/bGaSEZckgM
— Naval News (@navalnewscom) October 29, 2021
There appears to be a new PLANAF ASW-plane going through testing, designation Y-9Q (High New 14), a successor to currently in service Y-8Q (High New 6). Supposedly newer sensors and some other minor airframe changes. Waiting for better imagery. All info via Huitong's CMA Blog. pic.twitter.com/Ss0HqlbPdK
— Alex Luck (@AlexLuck9) October 31, 2021
Leaky EU export controls…“Several types of Chinese navy warships are powered by engines that were either developed or built by German manufacturers,” https://t.co/5ZRxOzO9Wz
— Julian Ku 古舉倫 (@julianku) November 6, 2021
China Has World’s Largest Navy With 355 Ships and Counting, Says Pentagon - USNI News
China has the biggest maritime force on the globe with an inventory of about 355 vessels, according to a Defense Department report released Wednesday. With 355 ships in its fleet, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is slated to expand its inventory to 420 ships within the next four years...
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China Has World’s Largest Navy With 355 Ships and Counting, Says Pentagon - USNI News
China has the biggest maritime force on the globe with an inventory of about 355 vessels, according to a Defense Department report released Wednesday. With 355 ships in its fleet, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is slated to expand its inventory to 420 ships within the next four years...
Merely their Southern Fleet is as big as the IN. Within the decade, it could be twice as big, with more capable carriers and submarines than the IN.
PLAN's Indian Ocean Fleet plan.
A Future Chinese Indian Ocean Fleet? - War on the Rocks
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is now the largest navy in the world. This development, announced in the U.S. Department of Defense’s 2020 annual
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