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Originally Posted by jimbuna
I wonder how big the Chinese naval fleet was?
must have been more than 2 or three ships to deal with that number of pirate vessels  |
The PLAN's deployments to the Gulf of Aden are normally a pair of Missile Destroyers and Tanker.
This are photos of one of their recent deployments. IIRC this was a joint patrol with a Russian Udaloy class DDG late last year.
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Originally Posted by nikimcbee
These guys need some apache aircover!
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Recently the PRC has displayed a Z-8 with a ventral cannon pod.
The Z-8 is a Chinese copy of the French Aerospatiale Super Frelon and is designed for shipborne ASW and SAR missions.