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tphuang

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That's not the 4th 071 LPD. hsh happened to post an older picture. Someone caught onto it on another side and proclaimed it as the 4th 071 LPD.

Please identify the times when these photos were taken.
 

navyreco

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That's not the 4th 071 LPD. hsh happened to post an older picture. Someone caught onto it on another side and proclaimed it as the 4th 071 LPD.

Please identify the times when these photos were taken.

Thanks for the info. Is it just the picture that is wrong?

Is the newspaper right at least? There was a launch ceremony on new yer for the 4th lpd ?
According to Chinese newspaper "Huantsyu shibao", Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai (part of the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Corporation, a state owned corporation) held a launch for the fourth Type 071 class LPD. The launch was timed to happen on the Chinese New Year (January 23rd).
 

hmmwv

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I entirely agree. I.a. because NSF's landing ship force is a single squadron, subordinated to 1 Attack Boat Flotilla, not a flotilla as in SSF and ESF. The main problem I see is that there are no Marines in ESF (there should be IMHO).
I think the reason is that the PLA Marine is considered a special force unit instead of the main expeditionary force. Their main mission in recent years is now 夺岛作战 or island capture that's why they are only in SSF to support future conflicts in the SCS. ESF is concentrated at Taiwan which requires major amphibious landing operations and that's the specialty of PLA's amphibious divisions and brigades, Nanjing MR has one amphibious mech inf div, one mech inf bgd, and one armored bdg.
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Thanks for the info. Is it just the picture that is wrong?

Is the newspaper right at least? There was a launch ceremony on new yer for the 4th lpd ?
No the news was written when the author saw the picture, there is nothing going on at HD, it's Chinese New Year, what do you expect? Work?
 

A.Man

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Blitzo

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Lol I noticed that too.

but I also noticed how it isn't, on the "globe" with the red china outline.

We can give badge designers artistic license, gave 998 two main guns too lol :p
 

no_name

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I think it is on the globe, but too small to distinguish clearly and therefore probably don't matter.
 

Maggern

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Alternatively, you can see the ship facing Taiwan, like a bridge :p
 

Equation

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I think it is on the globe, but too small to distinguish clearly and therefore probably don't matter.

True, but it's so hard to tell. I would've noticed the Hainan Island (about the same size as Taiwan) outline, since it's not as noticeable either.:p
 

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That flight deck looks better than new. No muss..no fuss. No tire marks, no spilled hydraulic fluid or JP5. As an old salt I say impossible for an operational ship. Impossible.

And I don't see any fire fighting gear at all. What gives???
 
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