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| Latest amphibious warship launched in Shanghai |
| 2011-07-21 |
| The Jinggangshan dock landing ship, which is the largest warship in the Chinese Navy, was officially launched in Shanghai. With a displacement of 19,000 tons, the amphibious warship is 210 meters long and 28 meters wide and can carry helicopters, armored fighting vehicles, boats and landing craft as well as nearly 1,000 soldiers. According to an earlier report, Jinggangshan is the second of the Type 071 dock landing ship and was built by the Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard. The first one, Kunlunshan, was launched in 2006 with a displacement of 18,000 tons, it said. Jinggangshan, or Jinggang Mountains, is located in East China's Jiangxi province and is known as the birthplace of China's People's Liberation Army and the cradle of China's revolution. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #2 The first stirrings of an avalanche of major naval construction. |
| Posted by: gromky 2011-07-21 15:53 |
| #1 Sounds like quite handy things to have to seize little islands in the South China Sea that have lots of natural resources around them and are also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines. Just sayin'. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-07-21 15:14 |