Convoy battle in the Gulf of Aden

[TLAM Strike]

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.

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

These guys need some apache aircover!

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.