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Lieutenant General
We already know that 4 x Z8 can fit into the hanger
The deck can handle many Z10 also in wartime
The deck can handle many Z10 also in wartime
I skipped my Poli-Sci class at LSE in order to hop onto a train at Waterloo Station to see those ships, and the trip was worth my skipping.I like this picture because in some ways, its symbolic of the old and the new, the meeting of a traditional naval power and the rise of a new one. This was back in 2015 when a PLAN task force visited Portsmouth, UK. The Type 071 LPD is Changbaishan, the Type 054A frigate is Yuncheng and the tanker is Chaohu. On the top of a picture is an unidentified Type 23 frigate of the RN. On the right is a sailing ship, the HMS Victory and on the bottom is the HMS Warrior.
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Note the F22P frigates on the second picture on the post above.
I would assume that is the task force we have been seeing a lot about lately, which consists of a Type 052D, a Type 054A, the Type 071 and a tanker. This force moved down from the South China Seas to the Indian Ocean to arrive to Pakistan for the AMAN 2019 antiterrorism naval exercises.