Chinese Navy (PLAN) News & Discussions

[nomi007]

best of luck
&
keep it up
please soon open the gawadar naval base in Pakistan

 

[Martian2]

Type 054 and Type 054A JIANGKAI CLASS FRIGATE PAGE​

[Note: Thank you to Jeff Head for the post.]

 

[Brotherhood]

Russian warship visits Shanghai - People's Daily Online June 7, 2011

Russian warship berths alongside Wusong naval port in Shanghai, China on June 7, 2011. The Admiral Panteleyev, a destroyer from Russia's Pacific Fleet, arrived in Shanghai on June 7. The Russian warship, carrying 421 officers and soldiers, will start a three-day visit to Shanghai. It is the first time for Admiral Panteleyev, an Udaloy-class destroyer, to visit Shanghai. (Chen Fei/Xinhua)

A ceremony is held by Russian officers and soldiers to invite their Chinese counterparts to come aboard their warship in Shanghai, China on June 7, 2011. The Admiral Panteleyev, a destroyer from Russia's Pacific Fleet, arrived in Shanghai on June 7. The Russian warship, carrying 421 officers and soldiers, will start a three-day visit to Shanghai. It is the first time for Admiral Panteleyev, an Udaloy-class destroyer, to visit Shanghai. (Chen Fei/Xinhua)

Russian warship berths alongside Wusong naval port in Shanghai, China on June 7, 2011. The Admiral Panteleyev, a destroyer from Russia's Pacific Fleet, arrived in Shanghai on June 7. (Chen Fei/Xinhua)

 

[nightcrawler]

A beautiful slideshow regarding Chinese naval developments...

DefenceDog: Beijing's Blue-Water Navy-Image Gallery

 

[Brotherhood]

China's new polar icebreaker to launch in 2013 - People's Daily Online June 22, 2011

China will launch a new icebreaker for use during an upcoming 2013 polar expedition, a senior oceanic official said on Tuesday.

Both the new icebreaker and Xuelong ("Snow Dragon"), an icebreaker that operated in Antarctica, will form an Arctic-Antarctic maritime research team.

"China will have at least two icebreakers concurrently operating at both the north and south poles," Chen Lianzeng, deputy director of the State Oceanic Administration, told a national conference on polar research, which has been the first since 1984 when the country started expeditions in polar regions.

The new icebreaker will boast facilities that will allow it to research the oceanic environment, integrate data for real-time oceanic monitoring, deploy and retrieve detectors and conduct aerial studies using helicopters, Chen said.

The two icebreakers will conduct expeditions in polar regions for more than 200 days annually, he said.

Fixed-wing aircraft will also be added to the expedition team before 2015, allowing researchers to be transported between China's Zhongshan and Kunlun research stations and Antarctica's Grove Mountains.

The Kunlun station went into operation in early 2009 as the first Chinese research station on Antarctica's inland. The Zhongshan station, established in 1989, now serves as a supply base for the Kunlun station.

A written comment by Vice Premier Li Keqiang sent to the conference said the polar research, a magnificent feat of the mankind, has great significance for China's oceanic work and sustainable development.

"Over the past two decades, China's polar research made great achievements and became influential globally," Li said.

Li encouraged Chinese scientists to actively participate in international exchanges and cooperation, safeguard national interests and contribute to the peaceful use of polar regions.

Since the early 1980s, China has sent 27 Antarctic expedition teams and completed four research missions to the Arctic Ocean.

Besides the Xuelong icebreaker, China has built three Antarctic stations -- Changcheng (Great Wall), Zhongshan and Kunlun -- and one Arctic station -- Huanghe (Yellow River) Station.

Source: Xinhua

 

[nightcrawler]

@ All Chinese pros...

Sir(s) can you shed some light upon the hull modifications in the icebreakers as opposed to normal ships. I mean how the hull is adopted to suffer extreme conditions & yet cut through ice like a knife...Technical links will be much appreciated
regards;;

 

[Martian2]

A new PLAN Air Force regiment of J-10 Vigorous Dragon fighters.

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[Note: Thank you to Deino for the pictures and TPHuang for the caption.]

 

[Martian2]

Shi Lang pictures from June 29, 2011. The key is to orient yourself with respect to the phased-array radars to get your bearing.

Distant view of Shi Lang control tower

Closer look at Shi Lang control tower

Close-up of Shi Lang control tower

Close-up port-side view

Distant port-side view of Shi Lang

Rear-side view of Shi Lang

[Note: Thank you to Aziqbal for the pictures.]

 

[Martian2]

Ship 88 joins the Shi Lang.

PLAN personnel onshore

Ship 88 sailors and airmen from PLAN likely being readied for Shi Lang deployment at sea.

[Note: Thank you to Marchpole for the pictures and captions. Thank you to Aziqbal for the third caption.]

 

[teddy]

what is ship 88? never heard of it.

 

[lcloo]

what is ship 88? never heard of it.

Ship #88 is a R & R ship for PLAN, R & R = Rest and Recreation. it is like a floatinng navy hotel.

It was launched around last year or year before. Its current mission is obviously to provide accommodations (beds, meals, bath, recreations etc) for sailors who are ready to familiarise themselves with Varyag, and to take over the aircraft carrier once it is ready for hand-over.

 

[Martian2]

Taiwan, province of China (e.g. according to IMF, WHO, etc.), has developed a new radar-absorbent material.

Taiwan in stealth technology breakthrough: report

"Taiwan in stealth technology breakthrough: report
(AFP) – 20 hours ago

Taiwan has developed a radar-absorbent material in a breakthrough in the island's development of stealth technology (AFP/File, Alex Mita)

TAIPEI — Taiwan has developed a radar-absorbent material in a breakthrough in the island's development of stealth technology, local media reported Monday.

Tests showed that a navy 50-tonne Seagull-class missile boat painted with the material was not spotted on a radar screen until it could be seen with the naked eye, the United Daily News said. It is the first time Taiwan has developed such material.

The navy declined to comment on the report.

It was not immediately clear if the material would be used in the navy's fleet of 10 locally manufactured 171-tonne missile boats, whose design is already intended to reduce radar detection.

The ships, which are armed with four Taiwan-made Hsiungfeng II (Brave Wind) ship-to-ship missiles, are intended to replace the aging Seagull-class missile boats, the navy said.

Tensions between Taiwan and its former rival China have reduced markedly since Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomintang party came to power in 2008 on promises of beefing up trade links and allowing in more Chinese tourists.

But Beijing still considers the island part of its territory awaiting reunification, by force if necessary even though Taiwan has governed itself since China's civil war ended in 1949, prompting Taiwan to continue modernising its armed forces."

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http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?ID=201107040038&Type=aTOD

"Talk of the Day -- Breakthrough in stealth technology?
2011/07/04 23:40:03
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According to a United Daily News (UDN) report, the Republic of China Navy has collaborated with the Armaments Bureau to develop a radar-absorbent material that has allowed a 50-ton Navy Seagull-class missile boat coated with the material to evade radar detection.

The following is an excerpt of the UDN report:

Military sources said that even though the Seagull-class missile boat was not designed to disguise radar detection, the boat was not spotted on a radar screen after being coated with the newly developed material.

In the test, the sources said, the boat was not detected until it could be seen with the naked eye.

The Navy Command Headquarters confirmed that tests have indeed been made on a Seagull-class missile boat coated with a radar-absorbent material, but it declined to reveal any other details.

Naval sources said the Seagull missile boat proved itself in a night-time drill with a large warship.

"The missile boat disappeared from the large warship's radar screen when it was some 800 yards away," the source said."

 

[aimarraul]

30 mm gun

 

[Martian2]

Type 054A Jiangkai II frigate launching HQ-16 surface-to-air missile

[Note: Thank you to Lion for the picture and Bltizo for the caption.]

 

[rcrmj]

more savy ships leaving the dry dock into services``

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