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Design for the 055A is already being worked on. It's expected to host integrated electric propulsion, ASAT/midcourse ABMs, compact 33MJ railguns & directional energy weapons (lasers, microwave, etc.)

Since when did SAC establish a research institute in Yangzhou? I wonder if it's because it wants to know the secret of the fountain of the youth that's famous for being there? After all, ~江出扬州泽万民

Aircraft carrier's nanny ship Xu Xiake (PLAN-88)

Looks like they've added forward control fins/canards alongside the seekers.

Most likely, as CSIC (China State Shipbuilding Corporation) is a ship-building and marine-platforms equipment manufacturer.

Those yellow words on the port side of the bridge say "beware of jet blast, propellers and rotors". Carbon copy of USN lol.:p:

Slightly different, notice the different shapes of the E/O turret (one is round while the other is oval). Refer to my previous post for details. :-)

Happy to help. The main gun is the 30mm H/PJ-17 gun, it is slightly modified from PLAN's type 056's secondary gun/CIWS. This gun is also mounted on the Bangladesh C13B corvette. PMSA vessels'/Bangladesh C13Bs' 30mm gun PLAN Type 056's 30mm gun

For those wanting to see the full view of the vessels... Enjoy! :partay: P.S. The ships in the background are newly built China Coast Guard ships including the Type 056 CCG variant (on the left) and the Type 054 CCG variant (on the right most side)

Weird how the PLA never needed the beating/SM humiliation, cuz all that torture just made one of our southern neighbour into sissies and lose and surrender in wars. :D Or....is it because the "beating and humiliation" they get as a cadet is meant to get them grow accustomed to being "beaten" in...

Should be very soon, I just did abit more digging and it seems that “西江1070” （The temporary name and pennant # that's given to one of these boats) started sea trials some time ago, around September 30th.

Here it is guys, two 600-ton patrol vessel for the PMSA fresh out of the oven :-)

IMO The L-15 would be been a good trainer for PAF's fleet of single seated JF-17s. Additional, the latest L-15 already has AESA integrated into it, and the ability to launch pretty much any and every weapon the JF-17 has.

The payload in CZ-5's maiden flight was already 13t (YZ-2+SJ-17) to GTO. On top of that, the full payload capacity of CZ-5 will be needed during the Change-5 lunar mission in 2017 and the Mars mission in 2020. The already disclosed Chinese Space Station modules are >20 ton each, so they can...

Nice graph, but I think you may have forgot to include CZ-7 in the 7 t GTO rocket section?

Seems like the main mast isn't the integrated kind found on the Type 055 :(

"Launching with short prior notice can be particularly useful for military-operated missions that are subject to tight operational requirements as well as disaster response missions of Earth-imaging craft that need to be placed over a given area to deliver timely imagery for the assessment of...

Dalian's got its hands full with at least 3 052D in various stages of completion right now. I doubt it will have time for the initial batch of 055.

No, that's J-20A in the background. PLAAF spokesperson confirmed today that a pair of J-20A will be performing at the airshow. Again, there's NO such thing as J-31... Whether FC-31 will show up at the airshow (other than the scaled model that's already there) remains to be seen.

Neither was FC-1/JF-17 choosen by PLAN/PLAAF, yet it has flourished into a very capable fighter for PAF. At the end of the day, the same reason which prohibited the PLAN/PLAAF from inducting JF-17 exists for FC-31 as well. The quantitative demand for fighters in China is great enough to...