For the POP3 Fans:
POP3 says "Type 076 LHD equipped with EM Catapults to be launched this year (?) will be more revolutionary than the Type 055"
Also, related to my most recent post in the Chinese shipbuilding industry thread - @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo seems to indicate that the 1st 076 LHD unit has began construction at the new HZ site on Changxin Island.
If this is indeed anywhere close to factual, considering that the concrete pouring work of the new HZ drydock has just been completed barely more than a month ago, then that's really damn fast...
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The original source is publicly availabe satellite imagery via eg Sentinel. I dont think its just a shadow, theres definitely something in there. But same as Deino I dont think its a military structure. The most recent one has it seemingly sit in two halves.
Maybe its a Typhoon replica for an amusement park. (this is a joke)
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Anything from @伏尔戈星图 needs to be heavily cross-checked and filtered. While he does post interesting tidbits from primary sources, his interpretations of them are often questionable. We now have official confirmation the 'mystery' ship taking shape in Hudong's new facility on Changxing Island is in fact an LNG carrier.
Anything from @伏尔戈星图 needs to be heavily cross-checked and filtered. While he does post interesting tidbits from primary sources, his interpretations of them are often questionable. We now have official confirmation the 'mystery' ship taking shape in Hudong's new facility on Changxing Island is in fact an LNG carrier.
Yes, that's the one.
what about this (circled) - thats not a tanker-design; the tanker could be seen at the left hand View attachment 124031
How do you know that's not a tanker design? What are you referring to by "at the left hand"? Could you circle it?