New Chinese Type 075 Amphibious Warship on Par With Aircraft Carrier
CCTV China's largest amphibious landing helicopter dock will operate as a small aircraft carrier platform, say analysts. But a lack of vertical take-off and landing capability is a gap between the Chinese class and US and Japanese amphibious warships. It's just two digits but the number on the hull of the first of China's largest amphibious landing helicopter docks (LHD) points to a high value. The first Type 075 Yushen-class Hainan ship was given the pennant number "31" when the PLA Navy commissioned it on April 23, the navy's 72nd anniversary. Smaller amphibiou...
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