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CCTV-13 also announced that Touch & Go have been performed on CV-16 Liaoning...

Local TV channel shows some details of 052C destroyer...

 

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Pictures in two parties of North Sea Fleet exercise in West Pacific ocean...

 

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Second part...

 

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China South Sea fleet just carried out an huge landing operation exercise, a very interesting short documentary from CCTV...

There is also a video on chinese navy combat support ships...

 

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Chinese 12th Escort Fleet Commander met Singapore RSS Intrepid Commander in the Gulf of Aden...

 

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Exercise of fast loading of different missiles and torpedos...

 

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According to chinese spotters in Shanghai, the 4th destroyer of Type 052C is finishing it's construction, the 5th one just finished it's electronic equipments installation, and the 6th one will start to install its four APAR radars.

The 1st destroyer of Type 052D has also been moved beside the 6th 052C.

Some photos now...

The 4th destroyer 052C -

On the left, the 1st 052D and the 6th 052C -

According to my own statistic, for a Type 052C destroyer, Jianan shipyard spends in average 12 months from laid down to launching, and 15 months from launching to commissionning, it means in total a complet cycle of 27 months (2 years and 3 months) to build a new 052C destroyer. It's a quit reasonable speed, comparable to our europeen shipyards efficiency for a 6000t class ship.

 

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New Type 903 Supply Ship readying herself for sea trials at HPS：

 

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New Type 903 Supply Ship readying herself for sea trials at HPS：

GSI, not HPS...

 

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According to chinese spotters in Shanghai, the 4th destroyer of Type 052C is finishing it's construction, the 5th one just finished it's electronic equipments installation, and the 6th one will start to install its four APAR radars.

The 1st destroyer of Type 052D has also been moved beside the 6th 052C.

Some photos now...

The 4th destroyer 052C -

On the left, the 1st 052D and the 6th 052C -

According to my own statistic, for a Type 052C destroyer, Jianan shipyard spends in average 12 months from laid down to launching, and 15 months from launching to commissionning, it means in total a complet cycle of 27 months (2 years and 3 months) to build a new 052C destroyer. It's a quit reasonable speed, comparable to our europeen shipyards efficiency for a 6000t class ship.

Impressive.

 

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Official photos taken by journalists from last sea trial of aircraft carrier 16 Liaoning...

 

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Eating on aircraft carrier 16 Liaoning...

 

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The first chinese aircraft carrier, 16 Liaoning, is preparaing it's 12th sea trial, which would start on November 11th...

 

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The 13th chinese escort fleet is gone today and will replace the 12th escort fleet at the Gulf of Aden...

This fleet is composed of 2 Type 054A frigate, 568 Hengyang and 570 Huangshan, and a Type 908 oil ship...

 

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Type 908???