[17th Miss Regt]

Shandong conducted the transit while heading to train in the South China Sea, the Chinese navy said.

Hopefully we have assets in the straits gathering all the various signatures of the Shandong.....

[davidb56]

Its a conventional steam propulsion system. They need a oiler in the vicinity to refuel depending on length of deployment and distance. Also when they increase speed and drag down the boilers, often the stack will give away their intensions.