Chinese Navy (PLAN) News & Discussions

[lcloo]

Type 052DL guided missile destroyer #122 PLANS Tangshan and Type 054A frigate #579 PLANS Handan moving up North through Tsushima Strait, into Sea of Japan towards Russia.

 

[Shotgunner51]

An anti-submarine patrol aircraft and an airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft of the PLA Navy receive seasonal maintenance in its hangar in late December.

 

[Deino]

Hope nothing serious ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1475845506693840902

www.hisutton.com/OSINT-Fire-Chinese-Warship.html

 

[GiantPanda]

Hope nothing serious ...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1475845506693840902

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www.hisutton.com/OSINT-Fire-Chinese-Warship.html

White smoke? Doesn't seem like a fire. Judging from Bonhomme Richard, it would be spewing black smoke if ablazed.

 

[luciferdd]

from weibo@大包CG

 

[Shotgunner51]

An anti-submarine patrol aircraft and an airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft of the PLA Navy takes off for a patrol flight on January 2, 2022

 

[lcloo]

PLAN Hongkong flotilla began training for 2022. Photo via East Pendulum.

 

[Shotgunner51]

Photos from littoral warfare training exercise in mid-January, 2022: Y-9 ASW (aka GX-6 on Y-9 platform, not Y-8Q), Y-9 AEW (aka KJ-500), J-10A, Type 056 Frigate

 

[Shotgunner51]

JH-7A naval strike platform

 

[JSCh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1487968880207171588

https://twitter.com/x/status/1488001252436819968

 

[Shotgunner51]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1488001252436819968

Out of the ships sent to Tonga, what interests me most is that Type 901 Fast Combat Support Ship. The news mentioned PLANS Changan Hu, apparently they've changed its pennant number from #967 to #905.

 

[JSCh]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1493432532733284352

 

[Shotgunner51]

Type 071 (pennant 987) docked at Tonga on 25th Feb 2022

 

[Piotr]

Photo: Image Surfaces Rumored to Be of New Zumwalt-like Chinese Stealth Vessel​

5 hours ago

While it is probably not a new class of warship preparing to enter combat duty, the mysterious vessel that recently appeared on Chinese social media could indicate interest by Beijing in testing out improved low-visibility designs.


A blurry, gray photo that appeared on a popular military-focused Sina Weibo account has generated chatter in military enthusiast circles.
At first glance, the vessel in the image seems to resemble the USS Zumwalt, a stealthy destroyer used by the US Navy with a highly unusual design intended to minimize its appearance on enemy radars. It seems to have a sloped, tumblehome design with a central command island, just as the Zumwalt does.

Purported image of a Chinese stealth vessel that appeared on Sina Weibo in February 2022
© Sina Weibo

A caption included with the photo suggests the vessel is out for trials. However, almost nothing else is known about the ship, including its size.

The opinion of Naval News author and naval expert H.I. Sutton is that the photo is not a hoax, “but caveats apply,” he wrote on Wednesday.
He noted that the vessel is likely small, perhaps the size of the US Navy’s Sea Hunter autonomous vessels, since anything larger would have been noticed by either satellites or shipyard watchers, both of whom regularly take photos of China’s major known drydocks to track the progress of ships under construction.

The same Weibo user who shared the image later noted that the silhouette bears a certain similarity to a futuristic ship that appeared on promotional artwork from Jiangnan Shipyard, a Shanghai facility that produces much of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s surface fleet.

Promotional poster by Jiangnan Shipyard showing an imagined stealth warship similar to the USS Zumwalt
© Jiangnan Shipyard

China has already developed several warships that apply some principles of stealthy construction, ranging from the small Type 022 missile boat to the massive Type 055 cruiser.
However, it was the US Navy who seemed to be inspired by Chinese technology recently, not the other way around: a proposed design for the Navy’s forthcoming CG(X) cruiser that appeared in a naval symposium last month bore an eerie resemblance to China’s Type 055 cruiser.

https://sputniknews.com/20220217/ph...t-like-chinese-stealth-vessel-1093097406.html

I wonder if the photo shows a surface ship or a submarine. It looks more like a surface ship to me. Let's wait for better quality photo.

 

[serenity]

Photo: Image Surfaces Rumored to Be of New Zumwalt-like Chinese Stealth Vessel​

5 hours ago
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While it is probably not a new class of warship preparing to enter combat duty, the mysterious vessel that recently appeared on Chinese social media could indicate interest by Beijing in testing out improved low-visibility designs.


A blurry, gray photo that appeared on a popular military-focused Sina Weibo account has generated chatter in military enthusiast circles.
At first glance, the vessel in the image seems to resemble the USS Zumwalt, a stealthy destroyer used by the US Navy with a highly unusual design intended to minimize its appearance on enemy radars. It seems to have a sloped, tumblehome design with a central command island, just as the Zumwalt does.

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Purported image of a Chinese stealth vessel that appeared on Sina Weibo in February 2022
© Sina Weibo

A caption included with the photo suggests the vessel is out for trials. However, almost nothing else is known about the ship, including its size.

The opinion of Naval News author and naval expert H.I. Sutton is that the photo is not a hoax, “but caveats apply,” he wrote on Wednesday.
He noted that the vessel is likely small, perhaps the size of the US Navy’s Sea Hunter autonomous vessels, since anything larger would have been noticed by either satellites or shipyard watchers, both of whom regularly take photos of China’s major known drydocks to track the progress of ships under construction.

The same Weibo user who shared the image later noted that the silhouette bears a certain similarity to a futuristic ship that appeared on promotional artwork from Jiangnan Shipyard, a Shanghai facility that produces much of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s surface fleet.

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Promotional poster by Jiangnan Shipyard showing an imagined stealth warship similar to the USS Zumwalt
© Jiangnan Shipyard

China has already developed several warships that apply some principles of stealthy construction, ranging from the small Type 022 missile boat to the massive Type 055 cruiser.
However, it was the US Navy who seemed to be inspired by Chinese technology recently, not the other way around: a proposed design for the Navy’s forthcoming CG(X) cruiser that appeared in a naval symposium last month bore an eerie resemblance to China’s Type 055 cruiser.

https://sputniknews.com/20220217/ph...t-like-chinese-stealth-vessel-1093097406.html

I wonder if the photo shows a surface ship or a submarine. It looks more like a surface ship to me. Let's wait for better quality photo.

It looks like a submarine. A arsenal cruiser would have a flat top.

If it is a submersible arsenal cruise type, then maybe that's why there are submarine like geometries on the hull.

I think it is probably a mini submarine and like the other mini submarine revealed, it is making use of newer battery technologies developed and led by China. This changes the types of submarine warfare available since these battery technologies are true game changers not just for electric cars and that sort of stuff but anything that requires this level of power in energy storage and dispension. The sail size and shape could suggest radars as part of sensor network. The ship itself could be similar size to the other mini submarine revealed. Roughly 5m in diameter. Basically this new type of weapon could be made in the hundreds and be part of sensor network and even shooter network with role between the unmanned underwater drones and AIP submarines like 039A.