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  • BREAKING. US Navy Rescues Hijacked Israeli-Managed Oil Tanker and Captures Houthi Pirates

    11/26/2023 6:19:05 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 87 replies
    Red State ^ | 11/26/2023 | Streiff
    A US destroyer intercepted a hijacked Israeli-managed oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden earlier today, freed the crew, and took the Houthi pirates into custody. My colleague Jeff Charles covered the piracy in this post, High Seas Drama: Another Israeli Tanker Seized by Unidentified Attackers Near Yemen.Shortly after dawn local time, the Central Park, a small Liberian-flagged oil and chemical tanker managed by an Israeli company registered in London, sent a distress call saying it was being boarded by armed men. The USS Mason, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, was operating in the area. According to reports, the Mason directed...
  • 55 Chinese sailors allegedly died after falling into their own undersea trap

    some 55 Chinese sailors aboard a submarine designated 093-417 are presumed dead after an accident in the Yellow Sea, off of China’s Shandong Province. British intelligence reports the submariners died after a “catastrophic” failure of the vessel’s oxygen systems on August 21, 2023.
  • "Contestation Happening At Sea On Daily Basis": Navy Chief On China Ships [Indian Ocean]

    04/29/2023 7:58:00 AM PDT · by Right Wing Vegan · 11 replies
    NDTV ^ | 4/29/2023 | syndicated feed
    There is a "large presence" of Chinese vessels in the Indian Ocean Region and India keeps a "very close watch" on the developments in the region to protect and preserve its national interests in the maritime domain, Navy Chief Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Saturday. During an interaction at a conclave, he also said that the Indian Navy is seized of the docking of various PLA Navy ships at ports in Pakistan, and it is "keeping a watch on it". Asked about the threat aspects, the Navy chief spoke of both conventional and non-conventional threats, besides those emerging from...
  • China sends Urumqi destroyer for joint drills with Russian, Iranian navies in Gulf of Oman

    01/20/2022 5:35:03 PM PST · by Nextrush · 8 replies
    TASS Russia ^ | 1/20/2022 | Tass
    The drills are aimed at deepening practical cooperation among the navies of China, Russia and Iran BEIJING, January 20./TASS/. The Chinese Navy has sent the destroyer Urumqi to the Gulf of Oman for the CHIRU-2Q22 joint drills with the Russian and Iranian navies, China's defense ministry reported on Thursday...
  • China Launches First Type 075 Big Deck Amphibious Warship

    09/30/2019 10:27:07 AM PDT · by robowombat · 33 replies
    USNI News ^ | September 27, 2019 11:21 AM | Xavier Vavasseur
    China Launches First Type 075 Big Deck Amphibious Warship By: Xavier Vavasseur September 27, 2019 10:45 AM • Updated: September 27, 2019 11:21 AM China’s first amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock known as Type 075, was launched in Shanghai on Thursday. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy), the customer of the vessel, said in a statement that after a brief ceremony starting at 9:20 am at a CSSC’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, waters began to be pumped into a dry dock in which the ship’s hull was built. Participants at the ceremony – officials from the central...
  • 2018 PLAN (Chinese Navy) Update by Jeff Head

    03/16/2018 10:15:36 PM PDT · by Jeff Head · 36 replies
    Rising Sea Dragon in Asia ^ | March 14, 2018 | Jeff Head
    Introduction: For the last 14 years I have produced an annual review of the buildup and modernization of the Chinese Navy, the People's Liberation Army Navy, or "PLAN" as it is called. At the time these reviewws started, the PLAN was just embarking on producing more mordern vessels, and had acquired a carrier, the old Soviet Varyag, which was the second in their Kuznetsov class, but which was sitting unfinished in Ukraine due to the fall of the Soviet Union. The Chinese indicated at the time that they were buying it through a private company to make it into...
  • 2017 Chinese Navy Review

    02/10/2017 5:07:02 PM PST · by Jeff Head · 18 replies
    Flickr ^ | Feb 9, 2017 | Jeff Head
    2017 Chinese Navy Review General Introduction The PLAN has continued its many year advance and naval buildup in numerous areas. This is not new, in fact the news is that they sustain this naval growth and modernization as a very high rate of production and have done so now for a decade, year in and year out. It is clear that the Peoples Republ;ic of China continues to move forward to buildup a naval power structure, along with the necessary infrastructure, to put to sea a naval force capable of challenging the US and her allies in the Western Pacific,...
  • Obama Ignores Chinese Provocation In Alaska Waters

    09/16/2015 10:06:58 AM PDT · by raptor22 · 27 replies
    American Thinker ^ | September 16, 2015 | Daniel John Sobieski
    President Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, at the dawn of what would be called the “American Century,” sent the Great White Fleet on a 14-month-long world cruise, Consisting of four naval squadron including four battleships each accompanied by their escorts, it was a signal that America had arrived as a world power and was going to be a player. By sending five warships into Alaskan territorial waters while President Obama visited the 49th state to eat bear-killed salmon, rename Mt. McKinley, and warn of non-existent climate change,, China has made a similar statement that it intends this to be the Chinese...
  • Chinese Navy (PLAN) Commissions 1st Type 052D Destroyer

    03/22/2014 2:09:17 PM PDT · by Jeff Head · 29 replies
    JEFFHEAD.COM ^ | March 22, 2014 | Jeff Head
    Chinese Navy (PLAN) Commissions 1st Type 052D DestroyerDDG-172, Kunming March 21, 2014 The Chinese Navy commissioned the first of class, Type 052D, destroyer, DDG-172, Kunming, on March 21, 2014. This is a new class of destroyer that is a significant upgrade over the Type 052C, Lanzhou Class, destroyers that the Chinese have finished building six of. The Lanzho Class was Chinas first true multi-rile, wide area defense destroyer employing a sophisticated battle management system, Phased Array Radars, and Vertical Launch missile systems. That earlier class had 48 cells for surface to air missile to defend a large group ships...
  • Chinese Navy (PLAN) 2014 Update

    01/30/2014 7:30:51 AM PST · by Jeff Head · 16 replies
    The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia - 2014 Update ^ | January 29, 2014 | Jeff Head
    Chinese Navy (PLAN) 2014 Growth and Modernization Update (The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia 2014 Update) 2013 was another very busy and very significant year for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), or simply the Navy of the People's Republic of China. Again it cannot emphasized enough how important the building program, the training activities, and the deployments that have all gone on in this last year are to the to the future of the PLAN and its ability to project power, defend and assert its influence, and, as a blue water fleet, to carry that influence across the seven...
  • Chinese Navy exercise it's aircraft carrier battle group

    01/01/2014 11:40:42 AM PST · by Jeff Head · 47 replies
    JEFFHEAD.COM ^ | January 1, 2014 | Jeff Head
    Chinese Navy (PLAN) exercises it's Carrier Strike Groupwith it's LPD and escorts, including two SSNs During the last week of December, the Chinese Navy, the PLAN, conducted exercises with a large group of vessels in what some are calling the Chinese combined fleet. It included their carrier, the Liaoning, CV-16, which is a modernized and refitted Russaain carrier and sister of the Russian, Kuznetsov. it included one of the Chinese large Landing Platform Docks (LPD) which is similar in size and function to the US Navy San Antonio Class LPDS. it included one of the Chinese Type 052C, Lanzhou...
  • Chinese Naval Vessel Tries to Force U.S. Warship to Stop in International Waters

    12/13/2013 2:57:59 AM PST · by markomalley · 423 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | 12/13/2013 | Bill Gertz
    A Chinese naval vessel tried to force a U.S. guided missile warship to stop in international waters recently, causing a tense military standoff in the latest case of Chinese maritime harassment, according to defense officials.The guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens, which recently took part in disaster relief operations in the Philippines, was confronted by Chinese warships in the South China Sea near Beijing’s new aircraft carrier Liaoning, according to officials familiar with the incident.“On December 5th, while lawfully operating in international waters in the South China Sea, USS Cowpens and a PLA Navy vessel had an encounter that required maneuvering...
  • Inside China: Nuclear submarines capable of widespread attack on U.S.

    11/01/2013 4:47:24 AM PDT · by FreeAtlanta · 57 replies
    http://www.washingtontimes.com/ ^ | October 31, 2013 | Miles Yu
    Chinese state-run media revealed for the first time this week that Beijing’s nuclear submarines can attack American cities as a means to counterbalance U.S. nuclear deterrence in the Pacific. On Monday, leading media outlets including China Central TV, the People’s Daily, the Global Times, the PLA Daily, the China Youth Daily and the Guangmin Daily ran identical, top-headlined reports about the “awesomeness” of the People's Liberation Army navy’s strategic submarine force. “This is the first time in 42 years since the establishment of our navy’s strategic submarine force that we reveal on such a large scale the secrets of our...
  • China's Nuclear Submarine Fleet Carries out Drill

    10/28/2013 11:29:00 PM PDT · by TexGrill · 9 replies
    China Radio International ^ | 10/28/2013 | Sun Wanming
    The first nuclear submarine fleet from PLA North China Sea Fleet has just carried out a military drill. According to naval officials, the fleet is now capable of nuclear deterrence and nuclear counterattack. CRI's Wu Yanping has more. The drill is aimed at testing the maneuver capability of the fleet in deep-sea navigation, long-distance operation, submarine communication and coordination with other battleships. Other than nuclear-powered submarines, a wide range of destroyers, frigates, depot ships and military helicopters were also engaged in the drill. Living conditions in the nuclear submarine are extremely harsh. Confined in an enclosed space, the soldiers are...
  • Chinese NAvy building their 1st Large LHA Amphibious Assault vessel, the Type 75 LHA

    08/05/2013 8:44:29 AM PDT · by Jeff Head · 18 replies
    JEFFHEAD.COM ^ | August 5, 2013 | Jeff Head
    Today's China Military Review pronouncement regarding the construction going on at Changxing Island could indicates that the vessel is in fact a large, LHA Amphibious Assault vessel. This is the first "semi-official," type indication that the vessel and structures we see there at Changxing Island are in fact a PLAN LHA. I have come up with to explain what we are seeing. PLAN Type 75 LHA Under Construction at Changxing Island(Click for a high-res image) PLAN Type 75 Construction at Changxing Island Explanation(Click for a high-res image) From this, it is clear to me that the PLAN is constructimg its...
  • 2012 Update: "The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia," and the growth of the Chinese Navy

    06/15/2012 9:15:58 AM PDT · by Jeff Head · 31 replies
    THE RISING SEA DRAGON IN ASIA - 2012 UPDATE By Jeff Head - Last Update: June 15, 2012 (Click on any image for a larger picture) 2011 has seen significant increases in major combatant shipbuilding by the PLAN across the board. From the PLA Navy's first carrier being launched and sent to sea for trials, to continued testing and production of J-15 fighters for that carrier's airwing, to the increased tempo of serial production of the PLAN's Type 071 LPD, the Yuzhao Class (with a second and third unit launched and a fourth being built), to increased serial production...
  • Chinese Drones Will Use Genetic Algorithms to Learn to Hunt For Submarines

    03/02/2012 1:18:39 AM PST · by U-238 · 27 replies · 135+ views
    Popular Mechanics ^ | 2/29/2012 | Clay Dillow
    China usually holds its military hand very close to the vest--that, or things “mysteriously” leak that it doesn’t (does) want the world to know about--so we’re left to wonder why the People’s Republic has decided to publish this in the journal Advanced Materials Research. Nonetheless, it’s pretty interesting. Chinese navy researchers have plans for a new submarine hunting scheme that uses ship-launched UAVs running genetic algorithms. Genetic algorithms narrow down a range of possibilities to an optimal solution much the way evolution does (at least in a simplified sense)--by weeding out the weaker offspring and mating the best with the...
  • 2012 RED CHINA NAVY UPDATE from Jeff Head's Rising Sea Dragon in Asia Site

    01/26/2012 2:38:28 PM PST · by Jeff Head · 26 replies · 1+ views
    The Rising Sea Dragon in Asia Site ^ | 26 January 2012 | Jeff Head
    THE RISING SEA DRAGON IN ASIA - 2012 UPDATE (Click on any of the following images for a larger picture) 2011 has seen significant increases in major combatant shipbuilding by the PLAN across the board. From the PLA Navy's first carrier being launched and in trials, to continued testing and production of J-15 Fighters for that carrier's airwing, to the increased tempo of serial production for the PLAN's Type 071 LPD, the Yuzhao Class (with a second and third unit launched and a fourth being built), to increased serial production of the PLAN's premier stealthy, area-wide anti-air/multipurpose destroyer, the...
  • New Chinese Aircraft Carrier back at Sea

    11/01/2011 3:04:18 PM PDT · by Jeff Head · 18 replies · 1+ views
    THE RISING SEA DRAGON IN ASIA ^ | November 1, 2011 | Jeff Head
    The new Chinese aircraft carrier, which conducted its first sea trials in August, has emerged from dry dock and is apparently at sea once again for more trials. While in dry dock her hull was scraped and painted, her deck received a new non-skid coat, and she may have had arresting wires installed, though that last is not confirmed. The former Russian carrier, Varyag, purchased from Ukraine and towed to China in 2003, has spent over 7 years being refit and refurbished and is now undergoing sea trials. THE NEW CHINESE CARRIER OUT OF DRY DOCK AND DEPARTING THE TRANSFORMATION...
  • Should We Be Afraid of China's New Aircraft Carrier?

    06/28/2011 8:18:16 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 77 replies · 1+ views
    Foreign Policy ^ | JUNE 27, 2011 | ABRAHAM M. DENMARK, ANDREW S. ERICKSON, AND GABRIEL COLLINS
    Should We Be Afraid of China's New Aircraft Carrier? Not yet. BY ABRAHAM M. DENMARK, ANDREW S. ERICKSON, AND GABRIEL COLLINS | JUNE 27, 2011 Six months ago, Gen. Liu Huaqing -- the father of China's modern navy and its commander from 1982 to 1988 (and, according to the state-run People's Daily, "a distinguished member of the CPC, a seasoned loyal Communist fighter, an outstanding proletarian revolutionist, politician and strategist, and an excellent leader of the Party, the state and the military") -- passed away. Liu sought to build China's navy first into a "green water" fleet and, eventually, into...