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Here china P-3C go ...

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Excellent pictures @cirr, but are we any wiser to knowing if this is an aircraft carrier or perhaps something a little smaller such as a helicopter carrier?
Are there any clues in the structure, that members here can make a judgement as to what the vessel will turn out to be?

The following aerial pic has been altered to conceal the real size of CV17,the launch of which is expected in H1 2016.

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Y-9/Y-8Q GX6 Maritime Patrol and Anti-submarine Warfare Aircraft
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First Chinese designed new generation Maritime Patrol and Anti-submarine Warfare Aircraft was spotted once again. This time aircraft was spotted in operational color scheme, indicating that first Chinese Maritime MPA /ASW aircraft is about to start operational service with Peoples Liberation Army Naval Air Force.
 
The Naval University of Engineering of PLA(NUEPLA) opines:

We need a type of destroyer that is capable of striking hard at land targets 4000km away.

Good gracious. Let's make it Type 055B then. :cheers:
 
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