Type 075 LHD Chinese amphibious assault ship ready for service

_{Type 075 ship in Shanghai. Photo: Weibo}

The Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post reports that the construction of the 075 LHD type amphibious assault ship, designed to accommodate and launch helicopters and UAVs, has been completed. Users of the Chinese social networks Weibo and WeChat write about this, who publish photos of the helicopter carrier located at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai as evidence.

A third Type 075 LHD helicopter carrier is expected to be available to the PLA Navy soon as the Chinese military intensifies preparations for possible military action in the Taiwan Strait

— specified in the publication.

The tail number (33) on the ship's hull means that the ship has passed all the tests and is ready to join its "classmates" "Hainan" and "Guangxi", launched earlier under numbers 31 and 32, respectively.

Recently, the Chinese military has been regularly flying over Taiwan using UAVs that can be placed on the new ship. Lu Li-shih, a former naval instructor at the Taiwan Naval Academy in Kaohsiung, explains this activity:

The tests are designed to calculate how long it takes for Taiwanese radar systems to detect PLA drones before the Taiwanese military takes the planes into the air to respond.

China's most advanced amphibious assault ship is likely to be deployed in the disputed South China Sea. On September 15, the Taiwanese military confirmed for the first time that the PLA had flown drone TB-100 over the territory of the island, on September 24, the first squadron of drones was formed.

The 075 LHD class ship can carry up to 30 attack helicopters, nearly 1000 Marines, several amphibious hovercraft, combat Tanks and armored vehicles. At the same time, the PLA announced plans to build a large amphibious helicopter carrier of the next class - Type 076. The ship will be able not only to carry dozens of helicopters and UAVs of vertical and / or short takeoff and landing. It will be equipped with powerful weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-ship.

Aircraft carriers will join Type 071, Type 075 and other warships to block US and Japanese forces from intervening in the Taiwan Strait in the event of a contingency in Taiwan

- said a military expert, stressing that Beijing is ready for a long-term blockade of the island.

Comments

[Flooding]

The US is in an awkward position.
If in the near future they do not resolve the conflict situation with Beijing in one way or another, then in 10 years China will be too tough for them.

[Normann]

I think that even now they will not be able to destroy it without transferring the AUG from other theaters, and will suffer irreparable losses ...

[Fisherman]

Taipei is waiting, come on, Chinese people, take back your rightful islands!

[Magog_]

will be equipped with powerful weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-ship.

With such equipment, we can talk about the emergence of a new class of ships - the landing cruiser.

[Sevastiec]

The universal amphibious assault ship of the type is ready for operation.

[Koronik]

Good Chinese news, I hope that in the near future we will be able to talk about our new ships and not about the yachts of the "elite".

[yuriy55]

Quote: Koronik

Good Chinese news, I hope that in the near future we will be able to talk about our new ships and not about the yachts of the "elite".

To do this, at a difficult time for the country, it is necessary either to direct the funds of the oligarchs for appropriate construction, or to hang up especially obstinate ones, as enemies of the people, with the preliminary seizure of illegally acquired property ... Abramovich is the first on this list ... Because on "A", and what did you think ...

[Magog_]

what did you think

And we thought that our oligarchs, who are in plain sight, are only the "tip of the iceberg."

[dauria]

Abramovich is the first on this list... stop Because on "A", what do you think...

He will definitely not change his last name to "Yabramovich". And most likely he will change the government (for the beginning of the security forces) and the president, biting the feeding hand of the oligarch.
True, there remains the hope that the "purses" in a panic will gnaw through, miss the reins. And a normal military dictator will come who does not give a damn about Russia.

[yuriy55]

Quote: dauria

And a normal military dictator will come, who does not give a damn about Russia.

Something tells me that in Russia there is tension with military dictators ...

[Two]

Well done! Nothing more to say! We would have had Yeltsin for another five years and would have walked on PVC boats ...

[VasyaRules]

Another ship in China. When will ours appear after the Mistrals? They are needed now!

[Normann]

On what stocks to build them? All existing ones are packed to capacity (

[Andred72]

And who else to build, there are no personnel, vocational schools have been destroyed. And the young people, having come to the factory, learn about the salary, they say it’s easier to work as a seller in the store, it doesn’t buzz cleanly, and the salary is more ...

[VasyaRules]

Well, it's a matter of priorities. What are the shipyards now full of? Perhaps something should have been canceled or, as an option, order in Asia, and I don’t mean China

[Ruslan Andreev]

When we start investing in our production, training of specialists, construction of production facilities, everything will be fine. And then you have to wait...

[air wolf]

So aircraft carriers are no longer relevant, a helicopter carrier with an UAV is enough, so the concept of our fleet can be safely changed to landing ships, the future belongs to UAVs and drones
I think that their air defense can be implemented at the expense of modern air defense systems and UAVs.

[Doccor18]

... emphasizing that Beijing is ready for a long-term blockade of the island.

A long-term blockade of the island will hit the Chinese economy hard. If we are to undertake an operation, then it must be carried out as soon as possible, otherwise it will drag the Chinese into the swamp of confrontation, from which it will be difficult to get out ...

[Ruslan Andreev]

China, as always, is ahead of the planet: the economy has been raised, the fleet is being actively built. Well done, unlike us...