056 Class Corvette launched.

Photo credit goes to big rabbit of HSH.

Community policing through superior firepower

6000 RPM Gatling gun on display during the China International Exhibition on Police Technologies & Equipment Expo (here)

Chongqing Jianshe Industry Group's CS/LM12 7.62mm Gatling gun has been in service with the PLA airborne for some time now.  It is now trying to hawk this monster to police and law enforcement department worldwide.  I'd wonder who would buy it for street patrol.

Ok, maybe this guy.....

and the 15th airborne corps cop

Other goodies on display

BMW 5 series -- nothing is too good for the Chinese cops

 

Photo of the day: Zhoushan Naval Base

Home to the 6th Destroyer Squadron, East Sea Fleet, China Navy.    The 6th is scheduled to take on the fourth Type 052C destroyer  Zhengzhou DDG151 later this year after the completion of her sea trails.

The little corvette that could

It seems that the China navy is not the only one with a corvette feve.

Taiwan To Build ‘Stealth’ Warship Fleet

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120515/DEFREG03/305150001/Taiwan-Build-8216-Stealth-8217-Warship-Fleet

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan is to build 12 new “stealth” warships in reaction to China’s naval build-up, the island’s navy announced May 15.
Navy Capt. Chu Hsu-ming told reporters Lung Teh Shipbuilding Co, a private firm, has been awarded a Tw$890 million ($30.1 million) contract for the construction of the first 500-ton corvette with delivery slated for2014.
The prototype will be the first of 12 such twin-hulled boats, which the designer said are hard to detect on radar.
“After the prototype is completed and tested, its specifications may be fine-tuned for the mass production of the (remaining) ships,” Chu said.
Each of the vessels will be armed with up to eight Hsiung Feng III anti-ship supersonic missiles as well as eight Hsiung Feng IIs.
Ties between Taiwan and China have eased markedly since Ma Ying-jeou of the China-friendly Kuomintang party came to power in 2008, ramping up trade and allowing in more Chinese tourists.
But Beijing still refuses to renounce the use of force, even though Taiwan has been self-governing since the 1949 end of a civil war, which has prompted the island to continually modernize its armed forces.

That is one slick looking cat

CMS Cutter Xiang Yang Hong 06 commissioned.

With the backdrop of the North Korea holding Chinese fishermen for ransom at gun point (here),  The State Oceanic Administration (SOA) commissioned one of its largest "Coast Guard" cutters to date for strengthen "jurisdiction rights and law enforcement capabilities" in the Yellow Sea. (here). It is to be under the command of the 1st China Marine Surveillance squadron,  Northern Seas Branch, headquartered in Qingdao.

Xiang Yang Hong 06 is 4900 tons fully loaded,  91 meters in length, 14.7 meters in breadth and 7.6 meters in moulded depth.  It's endurance is rated at 60 days for a crew of 60 and 15,000 nautical miles.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2012/05/chinese-maritime-surveillance-cms-to.html

Chinese Maritime Surveillance (CMS) to commission 36 cutters in 3 years.

Chinese Maritime Surveillance (CMS) to commission 36 new cutters from 2010 to 2012 including seven 1500 ton class, fifteen 1000 ton class and fourteen 600 ton class "to better protect China's maritime interests".

Not sure what is the urgency but it sure helps to have a strong domestic shipbuilding industry  to handle bursting demands.  

中国明年完工36艘海监船 将极大提升海上维权实力

2012年05月10日 05:41　来源：中国日报网　 http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2012/05-10/3876907.shtml

　　中国海监总队相关负责人5月9日接受《中国日报》采访时介绍2010年部署的36艘海监船预计将于2013年完工，届时必将极大提升我国海上维权实力。

　　据了解，36艘海监船将分配给10个沿海省市区(含计划单列市)，其中包括7艘1500吨级，15艘1000吨级和14艘600吨级海监船。

　　昨日，中国海监威海市支队承担的1艘600吨级海监船在山东威海正式开工建设。

　　海南省安排建造一艘1500吨级和两艘1000吨级海监船，以提升省级海监执法维权力量。

　　(记者：王倩 编辑：陈璐)

The 14th Type054A to bear the name 岳阳 (Yueyang)

The newly launched 14th Type054A  (16th Type054 over all) FFG 572  to bear the name 岳阳 (Yueyang).  It is scheduled to commission with the 9th Destroyer Squadron, South Sea Fleet next year.

** Thanks Andrew KC for the note.


Photo taken on May 3rd, 2011 in Guangzhou HuangPu, side-by-side with 056 hull two.

FFG 572 Yueyang as of today (5/19/2012)

056 Class Corvette Project Update

According to folks from Hudong Shipyard in Shanghai, the lead boat of the 056 Class Corvette will be launched "within days".  Given Hudong's track record, this should come as no surprise.  

Second boat from Guangzhou HuangPu shipyard is not far behind

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Could this be the first photos of Type 056 light corvette under construction?

We will know soon enough.

MSA 74 to the left, Type 054A number 15 (17th overall) at the right,  Type056 in the middle?

  Guangzhou's Huangpu Shipyard

Photos taken from Shanghai 

Thursday, December 02, 2010

Type 056 Light Corvette.

A model of the new Type 056 Light Corvette was presented to Hong Kong University by the deputy commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, Major General Wang Junli (here) on November 4th 2010. Since then, it was speculated that this 1500 ton corvette could be the possible replacement of the Jianghu class workhorse. This could be credible since the two leading Chinese naval affairs magazines covered the Type056 in their current issues.

Chinese shipyards are capable of building such a corvette -- it bears a resemblance to the Thai Navy's Pattani-class OPV which China exported in 2006. The Type 056 would up-gun the Thai OPV with four YJ-3/C803 ASM and a FL-3000N RAM launcher aft.