514 Zhenjiang, A type 053H FFG met her fate as a target ship after being commissioned.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
Here's one way to deal with drones at 4200 meters elevation
with Advanced hit efficiency and destruction ammunition or AHEAD around by PG99 Twin-35mm AAA, AKA Sino Oerlikon GDF.
Spotter Of The Day: Y-20 Spotted at Watcrouff Air Force Base, South Africa
Likely to be there for the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) happening in 2 days. Don't worry, the Y-20 is not there to deliver "Freedom and Confucianism" to Africa as some might have feared.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
Hi Res Photo Of The Day: J-7L Light Fighter
Yes, they are still making upgrades to the J-7E model, which resulting in the new J-7L (see picture below). Notice the PL-8B Short Range Air To Air Missile (SRAAM) being carried? PL-8B is the current standard SRAAM for the J-10, J-11, JH-7, and JL-9 fleets, offering an all-aspect, broader off-boresight angle of attack to a range of 20 kilometers compared to the previous version of PL-8. It is also compatible with Chinese helmet-mounted sights (HMS).
I suppose with PL-8B SRAAM, one would argue that, the J-7L could be an inexpensive short-range dogfighter. Time to let it go man. Let it go
This J-7L is from a Fighter Brigade of Southern Theater Command, most likely to be the 52nd Fighter Brigade
Friday, June 05, 2020
Poor J-7, now a ground target for J-10C
Unit: 131st Aviation Brigade, Southern Theater Command Air Force HQ
Source (here)
Source (here)
Note the ECM / Electronic warfare pod on the J-10C
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Poor J-7 indeed! I know many J-7s & J-6s will end their days as targets, but it's hard to watch.
On the other hand, the J-10C has evolved into a formidable aircraft.
Close Cncounters Of The Second Drone Carrier Kind
Most China Navy (PLAN) observers are concentrated on the "Type 076 Light Carrier/Drone Mothership" and for good reason, for it is the world's first UCAV/amphibious assault ship hybrid, weighting roughly 40,000 tons and now under construction in Shanghai (here).
Judging by the latest image posted on Chinese Internet, the PLAN is building or modifying a "drone carrier" based on the Type 074A Class LSM, weighing roughly 800 tons, much smaller than her Type 076 sister. However, if the program is successful, Chinese shipyards would surely produce a large number of drones carriers in a short period of time, raising the concept of "drone swarm" to a new height. Pun was, of course, intended.
Type 074A Class LSM based "Drone Carrier"
The addition of a "flat top" layer provides more storage space below deck, while the open-ended design simplifies drone recovery operations.
Side view of a standard Type 074A LSM
Top view of a Type 074A LSM
An article impression of the Type 076 Light Carrier/Drone Mothership by 大包CG
Friday, September 13, 2024
CCTV Report Of The Day: Spotter UAV Detectment Of A Long Range Artillery Battery
Sino Russian Coast Guard "China-Russia Coast Guard 2024" Joint Exercise. Not against any third party, of course.
Cutters taking part of this exercise are China Coast Guard vessels CCG 2303 Meishan and CCG 2305 Xiushan. If they look familar to readers of this blog, because both cutters are civilian variant of the Type054A FFG.
China Coast Guard vessel formation departs for joint drills in Russia
Source
Xinhuanet
Editor
Lin Congyi
Time
2024-09-13 22:44:28
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/CHINA_209163/TopStories_209189/16338318.html
BEIJING, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- A formation of China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels departed on Friday morning for Russia to carry out joint drills and patrol tasks between the two countries' coast guards, the CCG said Friday.
The Chinese and Russian coast guards will hold joint drills in maritime security threat crackdown and maritime rescue, following which vessel formations of the two sides will jointly patrol waters in the northern Pacific Ocean, according to the CCG.
The CCG noted that the drills and patrol tasks are not aimed at any third party and are unrelated to the current international and regional situations.
The purpose is to consolidate and deepen the friendly and practical cooperation between the maritime law enforcement forces of the two countries, improve joint patrol organizational and coordination mechanisms, and enhance their ability to jointly respond to various maritime security threats, it added.
Monday, August 12, 2024
Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard, Aug 12th.
In addition to the new Type054Amod FFG under construction, recent
images reveal that two Type 878 Cutters' (Chinese coast guard variant of
Type054) maintenance are also being performed there as well One
bustling yard for sure.
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
China Coast Guard Commission of the Day: 3rd Type 878 Cutter (Type 054A JIANGKAI Class FFG Civilian Variant), 46303
Photo credit goes to HSH's amian510
Saturday, October 29, 2016
Additional Coast Guard Type054 and Type056 cutters launched in Guangzhou.
The 76mm autocannon on the first hull is now visible
Two sisters
Sunday, May 29, 2016
China's Coast Guard getting their own Type054 based hull
The Coast Guard is also sharing the same hull with Type056 so this is not unprecedented.
What do they perfer? She is 30 or She is 40?
The Royal Thailand Army ordered another batch of 1,000-round 122mm rockets from China, including the SHE-30 range 30 km and the SHE-40 range 40 km, feeding the equipped with the SR-4 modular 122mm rocket launcher (export version of Type 11 MRL) also imported from China.
Although the Thailand National Defense Technology Institute has brought the required technology to home-made 122mm rockets and has performed testing, the domestic version of the SHE family has yet to be mass produced.
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Photos Of The Day: PLAN Carrier UNREP At Sea
PLAN CV17 Shangdong conducts Underway replenishment (UNREP) with Type 901 large comprehensive supply ship on its starboard side at sea.
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