Chinese Navy (PLAN) News & Discussions

[Piotr]

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.

This could be a submersible ship indeed. Rubin Design Bureau in Russia is working on submersible patrol ship:

https://tass.com/defense/1400503

 

[Zarvan]

Luda-III Zhuhai

Qingdao destroyer

Taizhou2005Sankt

Type 052C destroyer Lanzhou

WOW ...
Submarines = 58
Big Ships = 77 (10 being constructed)
Small Boats = 387
Amphibious warfare = 454-564 crafts


And 3 Aircraf carriers coming up from China WOW what a NAVY

Dam just looking at the first post and now looking at Chinese Navy right now. The sheer difference is mind boggling

 

[Piotr]

Dam just looking at the first post and now looking at Chinese Navy right now. The sheer difference is mind boggling

No way this is active aircraft carrier. Look at the aircrafts. This ship looks like an amusement/education park and does not even have a number.

 

[Luosifen]

Do you have a link to where this photo originally came from? Definitely not a carrier since the type 003 still under construction.

 

[Piotr]

Do you have a link to where this photo originally came from? Definitely not a carrier since the type 003 still under construction.

The aircraft more fore looks like Nanchang Q-5 which is not carrier-based aircraft

 

[Luosifen]

I don't think it's the Tianjin Binhai park, that carrier looks different.

https://img0.baidu.com/it/u=3909927432,3834365189&fm=253&fmt=auto&app=138&f=JPEG?w=667&h=500

 

[Piotr]

I don't think it's the Tianjin Binhai park, that carrier looks different.

https://img0.baidu.com/it/u=3909927432,3834365189&fm=253&fmt=auto&app=138&f=JPEG?w=667&h=500

According to
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...ded-up-rotting-in-a-landlocked-chinese-lagoon
ex-Minsk was in Shenzhen.

Amusement/education park we are talking about is in Shanghai.

 

[GS Zhou]

Do you have a link to where this photo originally came from? Definitely not a carrier since the type 003 still under construction.

This is not a carrier, it's even not a ship.

It's part of the military-education theme park in Shanghai, built for kids. The "carrier" you saw, it's actually a building in the shape of an aircraft carrier.

The satellite image of the park. Other than the "carrier", we can also see a sub next to the carrier (the sub is a real sub, it's a type 033 retired from PLAN), an H6 bomber (the bomber is also a real one, retired from the PLAAF), and some other smaller planes, tanks.

 

[Daniel808]

Dam just looking at the first post and now looking at Chinese Navy right now. The sheer difference is mind boggling

And today

Aircraft Carrier (2)

• One of the Type 003 aircraft carriers is in the final assembly of the dock, and the second one segmented component is placed in the yard
• 1 Type 002 aircraft carrier
• 1 Type 001 aircraft carrier

Destroyer (45 ships)

• 4 Type 055 destroyers , 4 more are on trial voyages, 2 are under construction
• 24 Type 052D destroyers , another 1 is on trial and 4 are under construction
• 6 Type 052C destroyers
• 2 Type 051C destroyers
• 2 Type 052B destroyers
• 1 Type 051B destroyer
• 4 Type 956 destroyers
• 2 Type 052 destroyers

Frigates (104 ships)

• 30 Type 054A frigates , 5 more are launched, 6 are under construction
• 2 Type 054 frigates
• 8 Type 053H3 frigates (retired)
• 2 053H1G frigates (retired)
• 1 Type 053H1 frigate (retired)

Corvettes

• 50 Type 056A frigates
• 11 Type 056 frigates (retired)

Missile boats (60)

• 60 Type 22 missile boats
• 5 Type 037II guided missile escorts (retired)
• 8 037IG guided missile escorts (retired)

Submarine Hunting (0)

• 6 Type 037IS anti-submarine escort boats (retired)

Amphibious ships​

Type 071 dock landing ship

Type 072A large landing ship

Amphibious assault ship (2 ships)

• 2 Type 075 amphibious assault ships and 1 more launched

Dock landing ship (8 ships)

• 8 Type 071 Dock Landing Ships

Tank landing ship (63 ships)

• 15 Type 072A large landing ships
• 11 large landing ships of type 072III
• 3 large landing ships of Type 072II
• 10 Type 073A medium landing ships
• 1 Type 073III medium landing ship
• 5 Type 271IIIA medium landing ships (retired)
• 11 Type 074A landing craft
• 12 Type 074 landing craft (retired)
• Type 271 landing craft

Air Cushion Landing Craft (44)

• 6 Type 958 air-cushion landing craft
• 38 Type 726 air-cushion landing craft
• Type 724 Air Cushion Landing Craft

Submarine​

Type 094 ballistic missile submarine

Type 039A AIP Submarine

Nuclear submarines (19)

Ballistic missile submarine

• 1 Type 096 nuclear submarine under construction
• 4 Type 094A nuclear submarines
• 2 Type 094 nuclear submarines
• 1 Type 092 nuclear submarine

Attack nuclear submarine

• 1 Type 095 nuclear submarine under construction
• 1 Type 093B nuclear submarine launched
• 6 Type 093A nuclear submarines
• 3 Type 093 nuclear submarines
• 3 Type 091 nuclear submarines (retired)

Conventional submarines (59)

• 2 Type 039C submarines
• 14 Type 039B submarines
• 4 Type 039A submarines
• 10 Type 636 submarines
• 13 Type 039 submarines (retired)
• 2 Type 877 submarines (retired)
• 5 Type 035B submarines (retired)
• 8 Type 035G submarines (retired)
• 1 Type 32 submarine (weapon test boat)

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/中国人民解放军海军

 

[Luosifen]

Some CCTV footage of recent PLAN training in the Yellow Sea.

 

[Shotgunner51]

An army 96A rolls off a navy 726 LCAC, on 8 Feb 2022.

 

[beijingwalker]

Chinese PLA holds landing drills in E.China Sea with new landing craft
Published: Feb 24, 2022 09:12 PM

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted landing drills featuring a new type of utility landing craft in the East China Sea, with observers saying on Thursday that this kind of craft can carry armored vehicles and troops, and complement air cushioned landing craft in large-scale landing missions.

A large landing ship and two utility landing craft affiliated with a landing ship detachment attached to the PLA Eastern Theater Command Navy recently conducted an integration training for amphibious landing mission in an undisclosed region in the East China Sea, the PLA Eastern Theater Command announced on its Sina Weibo account.

The drills put the small landing craft's realistic scenario combat capabilities to test by practicing multiple courses over a long distance and time, the command said, noting that this enhanced the force's ability to win battles.

The craft seems like a new one, observers said, citing photos attached to the Sina Weibo post, which did not give further details.

While the specifications of the new landing craft remain unknown, utility landing craft are generally used to carry tanks, armored vehicles, troops and equipment from larger landing ships to beaches or ports in amphibious landing missions, a military expert who requested anonymity told the Global Times on Thursday.

Compared to air cushioned landing craft, which can land on tougher terrain, utility landing craft have higher requirements for landing grounds, but they are often cost-friendlier than air cushioned landing craft, meaning that more can be produced, the expert said.

Both types of craft can play important roles in large-scale landing missions, the expert said.

In response to media hype on the island of Taiwan on recent PLA drills near the island, Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, a spokesperson at China's Ministry of National Defense, said at a regular press conference on Thursday that the PLA's operations near aerial and maritime regions around the island of Taiwan featuring multiple military service branches and multiple waves of vessels and aircraft aim at hitting "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces' arrogance and secessionist actions.

As long as "Taiwan independence" secessionist forces do not stop making provocations, the PLA cannot and will not stop taking actions to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, Tan said.

PLA holds landing drills in E.China Sea with new landing craft - Global Times

www.globaltimes.cn

 

[LKJ86]

Via http://www.81.cn/hj/2022-03/29/content_10144196.htm

 

[LKJ86]

 

[LKJ86]

Via @利刃斩海飞剪艏 from Weibo