PLAN Current Vessel Inventory Thread
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Not 100% accurate since this information comes from Wikipedia. But it gives you an idea of the current PLAN surface combat fleet.
Type 001 AC (1)
Type 001A AC (1)
Type 071 ATD (6)
Type 055 CG (1)
Type 052D DDG (15)
Type 052C DDG (6)
Type 054A FFG (30)
Type 051C DDG (2)
Type 052B DDG (2)
Type 054 FFG (2)
Type 052 DDG (2)
Type 051B DDG (1)
Sovs DDG (4)
Type 053H3 FFG (8)
Type 053 FFG (9)
Type 056 CV (22)
Type 056A CV (40)
Type 022 FAC (83)
Type 001A AC(1)...should be Type 002, next one is 003 and so on...
Wikipedia doesn't accept links to GlobalTimes articles. That is a serious problem, especially when there are articles with photos of the commissioning there. What further proof would be required? Wikipedia says GlobalTimes isn't a "reliable" news source period. But a NavalNews article quoting GlobalTimes is! As is an article on Warisboring by David Axe, or a SCMP article by Minnie Chan. Then there are the "moderators" who constantly try to impose their own worldview contrary to whatever data is available. Honestly I wouldn't bother. Wikipedia has been a cesspool for at least a decade. Heck, I once updated an airliner's page about its fleet, linking to that airliner corporation's own press releases of planes entering service into the fleet, and it got deleted as "unreliable" info. Some people put themselves in charge of their little fiefs in Wikipedia and don't allow any editing other than their own.
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Yep. Just experienced this myself. I just told the one who reverted my change to go and revert practically every page of Chinese military Wikipedia because every page has something that doesn't have the strong verifiable sources he demanded.
How long ago was this publication by Wikipedia? For one, there are now 3x055 commissioned. For two China CV are 001, 002. 003 and so on...
That comment was made in Jan 2021. At that time there is only 1 055 destroyer. The second one was commissioned on mar 2021 and the third one was in April 2021. So in a case, the record is quite accurate in term of the 055 thingy.
Thanks. Wikipedia listed China's Aicraft Carriers as:
Type 001 AC (1)
Type 001A AC (1)
Well China designated them as 001, 002, 003. Shandong is 002, not 001A AC
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My friend:
Type 001 ==> 001==> First Carrier ==>16
Type 001A ==> 002 ==> 2nd Carrier ==> 17
Type 002 ==> 003 ==> 3rd Carrier ==> 18 (assume)
Type 002 ==> 004 ==> 4th Carrier ==> 19 (assume China will build another type 002)
If the 4th carrier will be a nuclear, or a new type-Type 003, then it will look like
Type 003 ==> 004 ==> 4th Carrier ==> 19 (assume China only builds one type 002 or starts second type 002 after the first type 003)