The Chinese Navy has long embraced a “copycat” approach in vessel and weaponry development, an example of which is its first homemade aircraft carrier, a 21st century replica of an ageing Soviet carrier.
The navy has taken short quick steps, trialing gradual innovation through the development of transitional or even “knockoff” vessel designs and technologies.
“It’s just like launching initial trials to take a leaf out of another’s book, coupled with China’s own expertise of imitation and emulation to tackle teething problems at the beginning, followed by swift, mass application and mass production… A similar approach to the one China took to become the world’s factory,” said a PLA Daily editorial on weaponry development.
In recent years, China has quietly boosted the numbers and combat capabilities of its destroyer and frigate fleets. The launch of its Type 051C and Type 052B destroyers at the beginning of the 21st century were a clear bid to plug the navy’s obvious voids in stealth technology and air defense.
In subsequent years the navy continued to take pragmatic yet solid steps as it rolled out more advanced variants including the Type 052C and Type 052D, building upon its growing experience and talent pool.
In the second half of this year, after little more than a decade of development, the navy is set to introduce its Type 055 destroyer. The 055 boasts capabilities that cover air defense, land attacks and anti-missile, anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare.
The 13,000-ton Type 055, hailed as China’s Aegis and categorized by the Pentagon as a cruiser, will be the new flagship of the People’s Liberation Army’s seagoing forces. The first two such destroyers are currently being fitted out at Shanghai’s Jiangnan Shipyard, and there are at least four more in the pipeline.
In the case of China’s renovation of the Soviet-built carrier Liaoning, Chinese technicians and seamen spent seven painstaking years working on the craft.
The patience with which the navy set about the retrofitting of the first vessel starkly contrasts with the speed with which the second one reached completion. Initial work commenced at the end of 2013 and a first sea trial was held in May this year.
As the new carrier completed its maiden voyage last month, the PLA announced that the Liaoning strike group had also become combat ready.
Meanwhile, the two-seater version of the carrier-borne J-15 fighter undertook its maiden flight in April, and is expected to be commissioned alongside the newest carrier.
Beijing is now applying the same approach in the research and development of a cutting-edge electromagnetic aircraft launch system. Reports say that tens of thousands of successful launches of J-15s and other warplanes from land-based electromagnetic catapults have already taken place.
The electromagnetic launch system is set to be deployed on the second homemade carrier, which will feature a bigger flight deck.
New, fixed-wing early warning and refueling aircraft are also in development, almost certainly intended for use with the new launching system.
Not worried in the slightest, maybe good for bullying fishing boats in the ‘South China Sea’ but its Chinas bad reputation for poor quality builds, from factory exports to its fighter planes ,rifles, tanks have all had issues with performance,thats what happens when you dont have the strict quality controls other countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia ect have.
yeah difinitely correct
Stupid comments , bias won’t help to grasp the real situation and true development. Ostrich strategy is doomed to fail.
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Is that a fact?
Well… You must be describing the grand old Dodge Caravan and the Plymouth version of same, of the 80’s and 90’s (transmission, endless back to the shop soon as it leave the showroom, well known lemon), or…
The Taurus and other Ford products (popularly known for engine fires, couple of my friend had one, had to find a sucker for it a year into owning it), also 80’s and 90’s of course, and…
How’s about a VW Wesfalia Camper Van? My $33’000.00 pride and joy, hefty price back then, the envy of everyone who come across it. Suffered with it for three years. Into the shop almost every two weeks or a month. Clutch problems, speedo malfunctions, endless AC leaks, you name it. The dealer finally took it back from me at their so called black book price.
They then tried to defended their product by saying that BMW, for a particular year or two, offered to buy all of their products back and take it through the crusher rather than keeping the bad reputation….
Well… those are all 80’s and 90’s of course when the West was trying to catch up to the Hondas and Toyotas of the land…
I mean remember how bad the reputation was and how cheap Japanese products are at the begining?
Anyway, no more Fords, Buick’s, Chevys, Oldsmobile’s, Chrysler’s or Dodges for me anymore… It’s Toyotas and Hondas all the way..
Get the gist buddy?
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Please forgive them for they do not know what they say, Roger…
It’s known as ENVEY, ANAZEMENT, DISBELIEVE, SHOCK, and AWE — all of which are qualities well known for the white ones and all who believes in the white ones…
That said, I myself have a couple of white ones too so this whitey-trait is unquestionably understandable…
Unlike these whiteys hiwever, my whiteys, strangely, like to think the way I do therefore proud of these (fast learner) Chinese traits.
Let’s just put it this way: not all whites comes in the same tint of white…
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You should read the book on Charlie Wilson’s secret war. He was supplying AK45 to the Taliban.After depleting the Egypt stock, instead of turning to East European manufacturers, he instead bought from China copied AK47. It was the best quality better than the Russians and cheaper haha. But really this is a troll.
Monroe Mack Known fact China doesnt have trade Unions as they are illegal there, thats why they put safety nets on their factory buildings there, to stop them commiting suicide. And regulations are lax,easy to fact check. Us and european made tech doesnt blow up, fall down on the massive scale we are seeing, even our trains in Austrailia, Nz, having serious issues.As is Chinese steel in our buildings.
Lee Andy You wont have a choice buddy, Chinas nine dash line military policy included Singapore territories, as theres. So without Kiwis,Aussies,Usa, or even Britains help, i suggest when they start taking your resources bow and hope they dont treat you worse than the Japanese did,and invade.
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Nothing wrong with putting 『Chinese MIT or Russian smarts』 to work…
After all, that is why we to colleges, universities, or a technological institutions, for years on ends, to prep ourselves for our future, isn’t it%?
Look. Picking up of the thereom E=MC2 or the formulas developed by Newton and putting it to our advantages DOES NOT constitute a thievery of the the ideas of Einstein. It’s simply known as the learning of the Einstein ropes and you need exceptional smarts like Einstein’s to accomplish that feat…
Going Newton or Einstein is like the reproductive process. You continues to use the exact same thereoms and formulas to reproduce regardless if you employ Stormy Daniel’s or the Karen McDougal’s technique in doing it…
Enough said about the Chinese Type 56 assault rifles…
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***Suicides***
Tell that to Tony (Bourdain) and many others who went by the wayside that Bourdain was said to have succumbed to (I doubt however)….
In your country, it’s labeled as “depression”. In more realistic terms, and countries, it’s call schizophrenia for a better term: crazy or nuts for the truer problem…
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Monroe Mack Ha ha ha, Monroe Mack said it just as it is, RIGHT.
What a back kick to the fat lips of K. Valdez’s loud moronic mouth…ha ha ha, sevves him right when he spews cow dungs. Ha ha ha ha ha…..
Lee Andy The Hong Kong lease ran out, where is the evidence the British made any attept to save it? Do you see the news at all, the citizens regularly protest Chinas meddling with their democracy, the reports of China kidnapping officials in Hong Kong,being reported there?
You guys need to read Chinas nine and 12 dash line policy, consider their actions in past, bloody takovers of tibet, invasion of Veitnam, taking fish,oil resouces in the ‘south china’ sea, comparing your allies conducting freedom of navigation patrols with your navies and taking nothing by force isnt ‘ gunboat diplomacy’ China shown using naval vessels to ram and force fishing vessels out of their own countrys fishing zones is.
Monroe Mack, how is an individual celebrity, from Usa or citizens in the west suicides even compare to the treatment of Chinese factory workers, without legal representation, working up to 16 hr days,for $2 hr, at places like FOXCONN,Nike, Apple even? Where are the reports of workers in the west, under far better conditions, jumping en mass off bulidings? There isnt any. Depression and schizophrenia are two totally different things, use a damn dictionary.
Alcoholism was a strong factor with his depression with Tony Bourdain, as it is with many people, and it makes it worse.
You should read about racism within China, towards its own ethnic minorties like the Han, Urgur, Kazak, to name a few.Blacks have been openly mocked on their tv shows, mixed races barred from their teams, NOW. The murder of tibetian monks, the open policy to invade Taiwan,they traditionaly label ‘silk road countries’ like Veitnam, Indonesia,Phillipines, Thailand, Singapore as ‘lesser people’ and claim their territories as their own.They class westerners and Blacks as Barbarians.
Joe Wong What claim, lol! China has never had any traditional claim outside of its historic ones, to asian territories it conquered and abandoned centuries ago. My argument is the right for these nations to fish and resource from their own eclysive economic zones, and the right of free passage of shipping through the area, international signed laws of the sea. Use google my freind????
Ken Nguyen China bans a lot of things, like media reports on this and anti govt free As well as bans on western internet channels. speech. Not racist to point out the corrupt government that profits from the misery of its people. I truely feel sorry for them. Plenty of ex chinese, third fourth generation chinese in New Zealand making a prosperous life ,i in fact voted a local labour Mp here who is chinese descendant.
Warren Mason You obviously having too much drink of MSM. You seems know a lot of thinks that Chinese do not know. Why not give a crediable links for all of us to see for our selfs if you full of Sh*t or not?!
Jo Snow, if you say it’s on the MSM, then you don’t need links. It’s not surprising the Chinese don’t know anything, because all they can drink is the poisoned Kool-Aid of the CCP. However, you are one of the lucky 50-centers who get proper internet, so why not check it out for yourself? Google is available. Or is even Google too "unclean" for your communist overlords?