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lcloo said:

China Coast Guard could have a use for such a drone ship design in South China Sea drone patrols. Since they already have two 12,000 ton class ships, it is possible they may want to add some drone ships to enhance vast area patrols.

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I guess 大刀王五EP wasn't joking after all.

ACuriousPLAFan said:

Just a nice CG model of the flat-deck research and testing platform ship based on current observation, made by Big Bun CG on Weibo.

The U(C)AVs exhibited on the flight deck should be strictly taken as purely envisaged by the maker of this CG model only.

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Another view, made by the same guy on Weibo.

by78 said:

Here's that test platform at dockside.

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According to several bidding documents for various subsystems, assuming they are indeed for this particular test platform, the ship is called "未来型海洋智能空海潜一体无人系统母船", or "future intelligent air-sea-subsea integrated unmanned system mother ship". It seems to imply that not only is this a mothership for aerial drones, but it's also for unmanned surface and underwater vehicles.

by78 said:

According to several bidding documents for various subsystems, assuming they are indeed for this particular test platform, the ship is called "未来型海洋智能空海潜一体无人系统母船", or "future intelligent air-sea-subsea integrated unmanned system mother ship". It seems to imply that not only is this a mothership for aerial drones, but it's also for unmanned surface and underwater vehicles

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If this is the case, there should be a well deck in the aft.