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A small quick step for China’s PLA Navy
Since the 21st century, the development of the PLA Navy's warships has taken short quick steps, employing gradual innovation and developing smaller groups of transitional types in a short period of time.
2018-05-02 08:49 -
Chinese aircraft carrier formation returns after live-fire drills
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier formation Thursday returned to a military port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, after more than 10 days of live-fire exercises.
2018-04-27 09:48 -
Chinese naval fleet sets sail for Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2018
A Chinese naval fleet consisting of guided-missile destroyer Changsha and guided-missile frigate Liuzhou set sail for Indonesia from a military port in Sanya on Apr. 25 to participate in the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2018.
2018-04-26 21:54 -
Chinese aircraft carrier formation stages cross-region exercises
A Chinese naval flotilla headed by the aircraft carrier Liaoning conducted Sunday confrontation drills in a water of the East China Sea with shore-based warplanes and submarines of the PLA Navy.
2018-04-24 17:44 -
China's aircraft carrier formation takes drills to East China Sea
The Chinese aircraft carrier formation, featuring the carrier Liaoning, has undertaken live combat drills in the East China Sea.
2018-04-24 08:48 -
China's aircraft carrier formation conducts exercises in South China Sea
A Chinese navy flotilla including aircraft carrier Liaoning has conducted a series of exercises in the South China Sea since the navy review last Thursday.
2018-04-17 22:49 -
Strong navy to better defend country's interests
The international community should realize that a rising China with a strong navy will be better able to safeguard its own national security and regional peace.
2018-04-16 14:50 -
Changes in vessels of China's five maritime parades
Demonstrating national maritime strength is one of the connotations of a maritime parade. The changes of the main battleships in the past five maritime parades intuitively demonstrate the leap-forward development of the Chinese PLA Navy.
2018-04-13 17:43 -
Advanced systems help PLA Navy submarines dive deeper
China has mastered AIP technology, which allows its non-nuclear submarines to reach the advanced level of similar systems in other parts of the world.
2018-04-13 16:56 -
Navy begins drills to heighten readiness
The Chinese Navy began a three-day series of exercises in the South China Sea on Wednesday, the Maritime Safety Administration said.
2018-04-12 11:23 -
China's first home-grown aircraft carrier set to serve the navy in 2018: expert
China's first home-grown aircraft carrier has been reportedly preparing for its maiden sea voyage in the northeastern Bohai Sea later in April, with experts noting that the vessel may serve the Chinese Navy in the second half of 2018.
2018-04-11 20:48 -
China's navy to begin military drill in South China Sea
Hainan's maritime safety administration has demarcated an area in the South China Sea which will be closed to all civilian and fishing vessels from Wednesday to Friday.
2018-04-11 16:14 -
China's second aircraft carrier to undergo sea trials on Navy Day: reports
China's second aircraft carrier or the country's first domestically built carrier, known as the Type 001A, might undergo its first sea trials on April 23, China's Navy Day, media reported.
2018-04-10 16:51 -
PLA fleet continues escort missions in Gulf of Aden, Somalia
Another fleet of the Chinese PLA ships out on Thursday to continue its escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia.
2018-04-08 09:11 -
China sends new naval fleet for escort mission
The 29th fleet from Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has left east China's port city Zhoushan for the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somali to escort civilian ships.
2018-04-05 15:09 -
Carrier-based attack drones to enter service with PLA Navy
The Chinese Navy is testing new drones capable of synchronized operations with military aircraft. The drones – or unmanned aerial vehicles – are tailor-made to ascend and land vertically on destroyers and even aircraft carriers.
2018-04-04 23:00 -
China's upcoming drills might improve aircraft carrier’s combat capability
China will conduct drills in the South China Sea from Thursday to April 11, an opportunity that might be taken to improve aircraft carrier Liaoning's combat capability.
2018-04-04 08:46 -
China prepares aircraft carrier for sea trial
China's first domestically built carrier, known as the Type 001A, is undergoing preparations for its first sea trial, while discussions about its name show that Chinese people hold high expectations of the carrier's ability to resolve the Taiwan question.
2018-03-28 08:42 -
PLA Navy's Marine Corps conducts cross-region remote delivery training
About ten thousand Chinese Marines maneuvered more than 2,000 kilometers and arrived in northern Yunnan and Shandong provinces respectively in mid-March, 2018.
2018-03-26 16:43 -
PLA Navy to exercise in South China Sea
The People's Liberation Army Navy will carry out combat exercises in the South China Sea in the coming days, the Navy said on Friday.
2018-03-25 00:18 -
Chinese Navy to conduct combat drills in South China Sea
The PLA Navy will conduct combat drills in the waters of the South China Sea recently, according to the Staff Department of the PLA Navy.
2018-03-23 16:09 -
Liaoning aircraft carrier enters Taiwan Strait, "Too normal. Is it really news?"
A military expert said on Mar. 21 that it is not the first time the Liaoning aircraft carrier has conducted cross-sea training and the latest sailing is also a routine one.
2018-03-23 09:46 -
Legislator urges more sea militia missions to protect marine rights
China should send more militia missions to safeguard territorial sovereignty and the marine rights and interests in the South China Sea, a national legislator said.
2018-03-20 08:29 -
27th Chinese naval escort taskforce returns to China
The 27th Chinese naval escort taskforce has returned to China after completing merchant ships escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia and a port visits to three north African nations.
2018-03-20 01:03 -
PLA Marine Corps conducts massive groundbreaking maneuvers
The largest ever trans-regional training of the PLA Navy Marine Corps combined diverse modes of transport including air, water, railway and motor, the report said.
2018-03-16 08:25 -
Chinese naval escort taskforce escorts merchant ship Jinda
The comprehensive supply ship Taihu (Hull 889) attached to the 28th Chinese naval escort taskforce successfully escorted the merchant ship "Jinda" to the designated sea area on March 6, local time.
2018-03-08 15:52 -
PLA fleet returns to homeport from far-sea training
A far-sea training taskforce of the PLA Navy's South China Sea Fleet returned to a military port in Zhanjiang, south China's Guangdong Province, after a 25-day voyage on Sunday morning.
2018-02-26 17:36 -
27th Chinese naval escort taskforce makes technical stop in Cape Town
The 27th Chinese naval escort taskforce consisting of the guided-missile destroyer Haikou, the guided-missile frigate Yueyang and the comprehensive supply ship Qinghaihu arrived at the Port of Cape Town, South Africa, on Feb. 19, for a 2-day technical stop.
2018-02-24 18:18 -
PLA Navy pilots conduct maiden solo flights
New pilots assigned to a naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command conducted their first solo flights in the first half of February.
2018-02-22 17:23 -
China's Military Finances Blockbuster Movie About Heroic Chinese Marines in Yemen
China's Lunar New Year celebration is in full swing, and a new Hong Kong blockbuster film is hitting theaters just in time for the height of movie season: Operation Red Sea, described by the state-run Global Times as "a patriotic movie about Chinese marines carrying out a daring rescue mission"
2018-02-17 22:57 -
Patriotic movie co-produced by PLA Navy hits screens on Chinese New Year
Operation Red Sea, a patriotic movie about Chinese marines carrying out a daring rescue overseas has hit the screens in China during the country's busiest movie-going season -- Spring Festival.
2018-02-16 22:56 -
Naval Medical University sends 7th medical expert team to Cambodia
A medical expert team sent by the PLA Naval Medical University set out to Cambodia on February 5, 2018.
2018-02-09 18:03 -
Chinese warship reportedly equipped with electromagnetic railgun
In the sci-fi box office smash "Transformers", the human race defeats the Decepticons in an epic battle by using high-tech electromagnetic weapons – a scenario which is likely to be realized by Chinese military forces, experts noted.
2018-02-05 18:18 -
Chinese naval frigate escorts merchant ship of UNWFP
The guided-missile frigate Yancheng (Hull 546) of the 28th Chinese naval escort taskforce set out in west waters off the Gulf of Aden on a mission to escort UNWFP merchant ship SELIN-M at 9 am on Feb. 2, local time.
2018-02-05 16:14 -
Navy, telecoms to install 4G+ on South China Sea islands
The Chinese navy and telecommunication corporations are cooperating to upgrade communications on some South China Sea islands and reefs, the official People's Liberation Army (PLA) Daily reported Friday.
2018-02-03 18:09 -
No slowdown for China's Navy aspirations
China's carrier aviation programs continue apace with the focus starting to shift toward the development and introduction of training and specialized aircraft as China's first domestically built carrier approaches the start of sea trials.
2018-02-02 16:39 -
27th Chinese naval escort taskforce wraps up visit to Morocco
The 27th Chinese naval escort taskforce left Sunday afternoon Casablanca after a 5-day friendly visit to Morocco, embarking on its voyage home.
2018-01-30 15:59 -
Chinese naval ships visit Morocco
The 27th Chinese naval escort taskforce arrived at Casablanca, a port city and also the largest city in Morocco, for a 5-day friendly visit on Wednesday morning.
2018-01-26 23:33 -
Chinese navy preparing for island dispute: expert
The PLA Navy is strengthening its combat capability by conducting drills in the South China Sea in an effort to deal with potential disputes and national reunification in the future, a military expert said.
2018-01-25 08:25 -
Chinese naval escort ship expels suspected pirate boat
The guided-missile frigate Weifang of the 28th Chinese naval escort taskforce expelled one suspected pirate boat at the west waters of the Gulf of Aden on Jan 20, local time.
2018-01-23 22:25