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China's New Type 003 Supercarrier Near Completion (Credits- Military Insight)

MORE, MORE, MORE: THE CHINESE NAVY KEEPS BUILDING AIRCRAFT CARRIERS || 2021 (CREDITS- WARTHOG DEFENSE)

China Commissions Fourth New Destroyer! Type 052D destroyer Kaifeng Isn’t the Only Chinese Destroyer (Credits- Next Generation Future)

China's Next Aircraft Carrier: Everything We Know (So Far) ( Credits- The National Interest)

Chinese carrier Liaoning ( Credits- Internet image) China's ambitious ship building ship building plans are steadily progressing. China has a vast ship building capability. With the Varyag design that has become their first carrier Liaoning , China is now building their newest carrier, Type-002 which will be their third carrier. This carrier will have CATOBAR configuration employing steam catapult that will enable them to deploy heavier combat planes. China intends to deploy these carriers on long range petrol that shall enable them to project power as far away as Pacific and the Indian Oceans. National Interest looks as to how the carrier will develop ( Read the entire article here ...............)

Beijing's Dream: Becoming a Maritime Superpower ( Source- Wikimedia Commpons / Author- Michael McDevitt)

Image credits- VOA Source- The National Interest Author-  Michael McDevitt In November 2012, then president Hu Jintao’s work report to the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Party Congress was a defining moment in China’s maritime history. Hu declared that China’s objective is to be a haiyang qiangguo—that is, a strong or great maritime power. China “should enhance our capacity for exploiting marine resources, develop the marine economy, protect the marine ecological environment, resolutely safeguard China’s maritime rights and interests, and build China into a strong maritime power” (emphasis added). Hu’s report also called for building a military (the PLA) that would be “commensurate with China’s international standing.” These two objectives were repeated in the 2012 PRC defense white paper, which was not released until April 2013, after Xi Jinping had assumed Party and national leadership. According to the white paper:   China is a major maritime as well as la

Going Blue: The Transformation of China’s Navy (Source- The Diplomat / Author- Andrew Poulin)

PLAN Sailors ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Navy) Source- The Diplomat Author- Andrew Poulin China’s Navy is undergoing a transformation that will have ramifications for years to come. Significant military investments and critical changes in maritime strategy have enabled a dramatic shift from a traditionally brown-water force to a blue-water navy. As a result, China’s naval ships are increasingly serving outside of their regional waters, taking part in more humanitarian and international security operations, and seeking and gaining additional access to ports throughout the world. China’s Navy is going blue. This transformation did not happen overnight. Although the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was founded in 1927, it was not until September 1950 that the PLA Navy (PLAN) was formally established. From the PLAN’s founding through the end of the 1970s, their primary mission was inshore defense. At the time, this helped China focus internally on lay