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Amphibious landing ships, stealth missile boats conduct exercises in South China Sea

By Liu Xuanzun | Global Times (2020-11-25)

The amphibious dock landing ships [Type 071 LPD] Wuzhishan (Hull 987), Kunlunshan (Hull 998) and Changbaishan (Hull 989) attached to a landing ship flotilla with the navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command steam alongside in waters of the South China Sea during a maritime training exercise on November 18, 2020. The exercise lasted four days, focusing on 10 subjects including comprehensive defense, Landing Craft Air Cushion's (LCAC) transfer, visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operation, and live-fire operations. (eng.chinamil.com.cn/Photo by Liu Jian)


The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently sent three Type 071 amphibious dock landing ships, and multiple Type 022 stealth missile boats to two exercises in the South China Sea, sending a strong message of deterrence to Taiwan secessionists and forces with ulterior motives, analysts said on Tuesday.

On November 18, three Type 071 amphibious dock landing ships attached to a landing ship flotilla with the navy under the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command. The three ships, the Wuzhishan, Kunlunshan and Changbaishan, conducted a four-day maritime training exercise, which focused on 10 subjects including comprehensive defense and the transfer of landing craft air cushions, live-fire operations and visit, board, search and seizure operations, eng.chinamil.com.cn, an English-language news website sponsored by the PLA, reported on Monday.

As many as three Type 071 amphibious dock landing ships operating together should be considered a very powerful landing force, and the exercise could be simulating a mission to land on a large island or a large group of islands and reefs, a Beijing-based military analyst told the Global Times on Tuesday on the condition of anonymity.

In a separate event also in the South China Sea, a flotilla of Type 022 stealth missile boats conducted a real combat scenario drill, with the catamarans training in comprehensive attack and defense, air defense and anti-terrorism, China Central Television (CCTV) reported.

The Type 022 is fast, flexible, stealthy and powerful, which are characteristics making it suitable for coastal defense missions against hostile middle-sized and large ships and combat groups from outside of the defense zone, but it can also confront hostile aircraft and cover larger ships in high sea operations, CCTV said.

Military observers used to think the Type 022 was only suitable for coastal defense, but the PLA is seemingly exploring its potential to operate beyond that, the expert said.

The two exercises, one with huge warships and the other with small but fast boats, again demonstrated the PLA's capability in amphibious landing missions and in its coastal waters, analysts said, noting that they should serve as a strong deterrent to Taiwan secessionists and forces with ulterior motives in the South China Sea.

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Note: The Type 022 missile boat, incorporates stealth features was launched in April 2004 by the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard at Shanghai.

 

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The building of PLAN's Type 054A has resumed already ???

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The building of PLAN's Type 054A has resumed already ???
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the haohanfw link is inaccessible for non-members; and member registration only take phone number from CN, TW, HK, US, JP and NK just six of them!

 

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From Rupprecht Andreas Deino @RupprechtDeino on 2020.11.29:

Not sure how recent this image is, but anyway a nice image showing the PLAN aircraft carrier 'Liaoning' at her home at Dazhu Shan / Xiangzimen, Huangdao, Qingdao [Shandong Province].

(Image via @确认信号 from Weibo)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1333019100885495809

 

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From 大規模攻撃 @daikibokougeki on 2020.12.01:

中国海軍の退官式.
Retirement ceremony by Chinese Navy.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1333659090673938435

To my surprise, some soldiers still look young to retire... is the age threshold for the most sailors set under 40?

Now they back to the civilian lives, yet forming a good reserve force. All best wishes for them for the next endeavors...

 

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What is the strength of the Chinese navy? Technology compared to its western competitors. Technology compared to its western competitors.

 

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From 逆襲 @horobeyo on 2020.12.07:

听说大阴蒂国公知叫嚣开着炮舰上门索要赔款。
情景剧，作者微博：大包00

It is said that some public intellectual in the former great Empire on which the sun never sets is making noise to despatch gunboats to clamour for reparations.

The sitcom, author's Weibo: 大包00

https://twitter.com/x/status/1335860726280278016

Wonder who is the public intellectual hinted here? Which the 2nd decade of the 21st century's sitcom scene it was?

 

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From 逆襲 @horobeyo on 2020.12.07:

听说大阴蒂国公知叫嚣开着炮舰上门索要赔款。
情景剧，作者微博：大包00

It is said that some public intellectual in the former great Empire on which the sun never sets is making noise to despatch gunboats to clamour for reparations.

The sitcom, author's Weibo: 大包00

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Wonder who is the public intellectual hinted here? Which the 2nd decade of the 21st century's sitcom scene it was?

That public intellectual still think that they are British Empire of 1839 Opium war. The dragon has awaken and is getting stronger by the days. May be China should sent a fleet to UK to demand for repatriation of national sufferings caused by British Opium drug cartels after 1839.