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siegecrossbow

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As per Yankeesama’s talk show an USN and JMSDF ship tried to humiliate PLAN fleet in 2021 by forcibly inserting themselves in the fleet formation but got intercepted by the Type 055, which is capable of much faster acceleration. To make the matters worse the Type 055 forced itself between the two foreign ships, which caused the JMSDF captain to panic and call for disengagement.

 

KampfAlwin

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As per Yankeesama’s talk show an USN and JMSDF ship tried to humiliate PLAN fleet in 2021 by forcibly inserting themselves in the fleet formation but got intercepted by the Type 055, which is capable of much faster acceleration. To make the matters worse the Type 055 forced itself between the two foreign ships, which caused the JMSDF captain to panic and call for disengagement.

I wish the PLA would release videos of the f*ckery that the Western navies and airforce are up to with them publicly. Basically giving them a taste of their own medicine.
 
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ACuriousPLAFan

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Remember this from September 2022?
Not sure whether this has been posted here, but here goes.

First saw this on Deino's Twitter posting yesterday:

Interestingly, this (note the red underline) from one of the replies:

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Rough translation:
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To me, the document looks like a ship construction project tender for a drone carrier testbed ship for the PLAN. Dimension-wise similar to 071 LPD, although around 10k tons lighter.

Tender is open from 9am, September 9th to 4pm, September 19th (Beijing time).

The ship is to be delivered within 18 months after the contract of construction tender has been signed.

Here are several illustrations by 大包CG (Weibo) on what the purported drone carrier testbed ship could possibly look like when being positioned alongside a 071 LPD.
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I can confidently say that China is dead serious in procuring UCAV carriers for future use in the PLAN.

Maybe this is one of the steps towards finalizing the 076 LHA design?

Any thoughts?

New updates... or maybe just new information? By @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

无人机集群编组海上训练试验

水下u(u)v编队训练

水面无人作战舰船

H2528 浮动科研平台用处

目前海军三大无人机系统的科研载体舰

Roughly translated:
UAV swarm formation maritime training and testing

Underwater U(U)V formation training

Unmanned surface combat ship

The uses of H2528 floating scientific research platform

Currently is the scientific research carrier ship of the navy’s three major unmanned systems

Given the presence of a flight deck, hangar deck and a well deck for said drone test platform ship (H2528) in the tender, the expected functionalities listed above look reasonable.

Also, according to his reply in the comment section, the factory/shipyard's supporting procurement process has long begun, which means that said drone test platform ship (H2528) should've been under construction by now.

Caveats apply, as usual.
 
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