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CHINESE
AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
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PLAN Liaoning
(CV # 16)
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2015 ACTIVITIES
(Oct 10) Chinese carrier conducted flight deck certifications recently
with J-15 fighters (pics) (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/1010/c98649-8960296.html)
(Sep 25) @ Syria; Chinese carrier arrives unannounced at Tartus with
destroyer, airwing will be flown in with 1,000 Marines to join Russia in
combat (http://www.debka.com)
(Sep 22) @ Suez Canal; Chinese carrier transits canal
(Sep 3) @ Pacific; Following participation in 70th
Anniversary of WWII, pilots resume flight deck certifications on carrier PLAN
Liaoning at sea (http://www.wantchinatimes.com)
(Feb 5) Military expert
Cao Weidong says China needs to build 4-carriers to accomplish its goals,
with two stationed in the South and two in the North (People's Daily)
---2014---
(Oct 30) Chinese defense ministry deny reports of explosions onboard
China’s only carrier (People's Daily)
(Apr 17) @ Damian;
Chinese carrier begins interim maintenance period in the shipyard (People's Daily)
---2013---
(Dec 22) @ S. China Sea;
Carrier group has conducted more than 100 tests and training exercises since
early December (PIC)
(Nov 29) @ Sanya; Carrier
conducts first docking maneuver during cross-sea training (People’s Daily)
(Nov 26) @ Qingdao; Carrier
PLAN Liaoning departs for S. China Sea for scientific and training mission,
including landing drills by J-15 fighters (Peoples Dailies) ... escorts include
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CV – PLAN Liaoning
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DDG – PLAN
Shengyang
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DDG – PLAN
Shijiazhuang
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FFG – PLAN
Weifang
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FFG – PLAN
Yantai
(Nov 11) @ Qingdao, Carrier
returns to home port following successful round of carrier flight deck and
aircraft handling qualifications (People’s Daily)
(Oct 31) Chinese military
experts say Carrier needs to undertake more rigorous training and improve CSG
coordination to be effective (People’s Daily)
(Oct 23 – Nov 14) @
Qingdao; depart for training in Pacific, might be participating in ongoing
Tri-Fleet exercises (People’s Daily)
(Sept 21) @ Qingdao;
Carrier returns to port after 3-month period of tests and flight deck certs,
including 100-sorties of J-15 carrier fighter jets (People’s Daily )
(Sept 11) China's MOD
states that more carriers are planned to be built domestically, at least two
would be needed to maintain a carrier on standby at all times, and more are
needed if heavy combat is expected (People’s Daily )
(Aug 30) Pres. Xi Jingping
visits Shenyang Military Ops. Watches carrier crew training (People’s Daily )
(Aug 26) People’s Daily
editorial on carrier operations, type, and internal design (People’s Daily )
(Jun 9) set sail for sea
trials
(May 10) @ Beijing, Central
Military Commission formally establishes the Navy's first carrier-borne aviation
force (People's Daily)
---2012---
(Sept 23) Formally handed
over to Navy @ Dalian Shipyard
(Sept 14) Ship assigned
hull # 16 and named Liaoning, planning to use as training carrier with
24-fighters and 26-helo
(Aug 28) 9th Sea
Trials Done
(Apr 22-29) JTF Exercise w/
Russian Navy?
(Mar 23) to be Commissioned on Aug 1
---2011---
(Dec,
2011) 2nd sea trials done
(Aug, 2011) 1st sea trials done |
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Adm. Kuznetsov Class
STOBAR-Type Aircraft Carrier
Fleet Flagship
COMPLEMENT:
30-Fixed Wing Aircraft (J-15 & Z-8)
24-Helicopters (Ka-31)
ESCORTS:
NONE
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Unnamed Carrier
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<BUILDING>
2016 ACTIVITIES
(Oct
27) China’s first domestically produced carrier is being built, hull has been
completed, workers are installing equipment (people.cn)
---2015---
(Sep
27) China is expected to launch its new domestically produced aircraft
carrier on Chairman Mao’s birthday, is based on Russian Kuznetsov Class
carrier design (http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news/content?id=20150927000084&cid=1101)
---2014---
(Jan 25) Local Chinese
news agencies announce the construction of a second Chinese aircraft carrier,
western experts debate it's abilities and Chinese predictions to build
4-carriers by 2020, since the build time of 1-carrier is typically 6-years
alone (Defense News)
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Native Build Type-0001 Aircraft Carrier
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CHINESE
AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS
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PLAN
Helicopter Assault Ship
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<DESIGN PHASE>
---2015---
(Aug
3) Photos circulate of new planned helicopter assault ships for Chinese navy,
designated M1 or Type-075 (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/pictures-circulate-of-new-chinese-helicopter-assault-ship/story-e6frg6n6-1227467618468)
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New M1 / Type-075
Helicopter Amphibious Assault Ship
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PLAN
Changbaishan
(LPD #
989)
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---2015---
(Feb 9) @ France; 18th
Task Force visits Toulon, France for 5-days, will conduct tours and joint
training, will visit Greece on Feb 13 (People's Daily)
---2014---
(Dec 27) @ Gulf of Aden; the 18th Task Force leaves Gulf of
Aden, travelling to Europe for goodwill visits (People's Daily)
(Dec 20) @ Gulf of Aden; PLAN Changbaishan leads group escort convoy
mission for 18th and 19th Task Forces (Peoples Daily)
(Dec 20) @ Gulf of Aden; PLAN Changbaishan leads group escort convoy
mission for 18th and 19th Task Forces (Peoples Daily)
(Dec 12) @ Gulf of Aden; Task Force conducts anti-piracy training with
USS Sterett, US destroyer from Vinson CSG (People's Daily)
(Nov 17) @ Gulf of Aden; PLAN Changbaishan conducts sea attack and
defense drill (PICS)(People's
Daily)
(Oct 17) @ Indian Ocean; PLAN Changbaishan and Yunchen conduct air
defense exercise off Somalia (People's
Daily)
(Oct 14) @ Gulf of Aden; PLAN Changbaishan and Chaohu conduct
replenishment at sea operation during anti-piracy patrols (People's
Daily)
(Oct 13) @ Gulf of Aden; Task Force conducts Helicopter training for
anti-piracy emergency situations (pic)( People's
Daily)
(Aug 19) @ Gulf of Aden; the 17th and 18th ETF
conducted joint escort operations for 3-vessels (People's
Daily)
(Aug, 2014) 18TH ESCORT TASK FORCE (INDIAN OCEAN)
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TASK FORCE: PLAN Changbaishan; PLAN Yuncheng
(Apr 8) @ Zhanjiang;
Chinese assault ship returns from multinational naval exercise KOMODO 2014 in
Indonesia (People's
Daily)
(Feb 19) Changbaishan
battle group completes the PLAN’s first blue-water training mission of 2014,
including the transit of several rarely encountered straits by PLAN ships (People's Daily)
(Feb 11) @ Zhanjiang;
Task Force stops at military port following 23-day patrol and training (Peoples Daily)
(Jan 29) @ Indian
Ocean; Changbaishan battle group enter Indian Ocean and begin 10-day combat
exercises
(Jan 23) @ S. China
Sea; Battlegroup conducts amphibious exercises and long-range training
training near Xisha Islands (Peoples Daily)
(Jan 22) @ Xisha
Islands; Battlegroups completes 2-day patrol of islands, Flotilla commander
landed on the islands to great the garrison troops following a 20-minute
amphibious landing exercise (Peoples daily)
(Jan 20, 2014) @ Sanya;
Changbaishan Battlegroup departs for training in S. China Sea (Peoples Daily) ...Escorts include
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PLAN Haikou
(Destroyer)
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PLAN Wuhan
(Destroyer)
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Type-071 Yuzhao Class
Amphibious Transport Dock
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PLAN
Jinggangshan
(LPD #
999)
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<ACTIVE AVAILABILITY>
---2015---
(Sep 4) @ Bering Sea; Chinese task force begins return trip home,
currently S of Aleutian Islands (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinese-ships-headed-home-after-bering-sea-sighting-us-navy/ar-AAdVJMs?ocid=ansmsnnews11)
(Sept 2) @ Alaska; Chinese assault ship Jinggangshan spotted near
Alaska with warships and supply ship, transit into Bering Sea (http://www.sputniknews.com/us/20150902/1026514763.html)
(Aug 29) China; JOINT SEA 2015-C enters airborne phase, includes
helicopter air assault by thousands of troops at Guangdong Province (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0829/c90000-8943285.html)
(Aug 25) @ Peter the Great Gulf; Joint beach landing exercises held (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0827/c98649-8942481.html) (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0826/c90000-8941934.html)
(Aug 24) @ Sea of Japan; Warships conduct exercises off Clerk Cape (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0825/c90786-8941343.html) (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0824/c98649-8940706.html)
(Aug 20) @ Sea of Japan; Chinese task force leaves for Vladivostok (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0820/c98649-8939160.html)
---2014---
(Apr 16) Task Force
ships PLAN Jinggangshan, Haikou and Qiandaohu move search zone southward (People's Daily)
(Mar 11) @ S. China
Sea; Chinese landing ship joins PLAN Mianyang in search for missing Malaysian
airliner (People's Daily)
---2013---
(Aug,
2013 – Jan, 2014) 15TH
ESCORT TASK FORCE (Indian Ocean Anti-Piracy Patrol)
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UNITS: PLAN Jiangangshan; PLAN Hengshui; PLAN Weishan
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(Rally) (Training) (14th ETF) (Special Troops) (SNMG-1) (UPS
Sagaidachney) (CTF-151) (Resupply) (@ Kenya) (@ Sri Lanka)
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DDG – Lanzhou
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FFG – Hengshui
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FFG – Yulin
(Mar 12) S. Sea Fleet
landing ship detachment conducted amphibious assault training (Peoples Daily )
---PREVIOUS YEARS---
(May 9, 2012) S. Sea
Fleet conducts Amphibious Ex
(July
22, 2011) @ Shanghai; ship launched
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Type-071 Yuzhao Class
Amphibious Transport Dock
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PLAN
Kunlunshan
(LPD #
998)
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(Apr 6, 2014) @ Indian
Ocean; Chinese flotilla continues search for missing airliner (People's Daily)
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Type-071 Yuzhao Class
Amphibious Transport Dock
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PLAN
Tanggulashan
(LPD)
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<SEA
TRIALS>
---2015---
(Jan 22, 2015) @ China; China’s
4th Type-071 LPD Assault Ship was launched at Shanghai by
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, plans to build a total of six, making it the
second most powerful amphibious force, second only to USA (wantchinatimes.com)
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Type-071 Yuzhao Class
Amphibious Transport Dock
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CHINESE
CAPITAL FLEET SUPPORT SHIPS
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PLAN Peace Ark
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< PEACE & FREEDOM 2015 >
---2015---
(Oct
8) @ Australia; PLAN Peace Ark visits Brisbane (http://www.ecns.cn/visual/hd/2015/10-08/77942.shtml)
(Sep
19) @ Strait of Malacca; Joint exercise PEACE & FREEDOM begins (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0920/c90786-8952485.html)
(Sep
13) @ Sanya; Chinese task force leaves China for joint exercises with
Malaysia “PEACE & FREEDOM 2015” (Sep 17-22) in the Malacca Strait;
Includes PLAN Peace Ark escorted by
1-DDG & 1-FFG, with PLA-AF 4-transports and 3-helicopters (http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0913/c90786-8949183.html)
---2014---
(Sept
3) @ Sanya; RIMPAC Task Force returns to homeports, PLAN Peace Ark is currently
at Vanuatu (People's
Daily)
(Jun 10 – Sept 3, 2014) RIMPAC 2014 @ Hawaii
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(Depart) (Arrive) (SAILEX) (Medical Exch
Conf) (HA/DR Scene
Setter) (At-Sea
Phase) (Medical Staff
Exchange) (Hospital
Ships) (PASSEX) (PASSEX) (Successful) (@ San
Diego) (Returns)
---2013---
TYPHOON HAIYAN DISASTER RESPONSE TO PHILIPPINES
(Dec
6) @ Tacloban, Philippines; PLAN Peace Ark begins remote consultation and
treatment, and set up 3-tiered long range diagnosis system to Philippine
general hospital (People’s Daily)
(Nov 24) @ Philippines;
Hospital Ship PLAN Peace Ark arrives, beginning medical services and
providing 5.4 million Yuan worth of supplies, including 2,000 tents (People’s Daily)
(Nov 21) @ Zhoushan; PLAN Peace Ark (Hospital ship)
deploys to Philippines to assist in recovery efforts from TYPHOON HAIYAN, PLA
medical teams started multiple deployments (Nov 19) (People’s Daily)
(Jun –
Oct, 2013) HARMONIOUS MISSION 2013
DEPLOYMENT
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Fleet Hospital Ship
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Chinese Naval Logs
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