China sent a scout ship to the Hawaii zone

24.10.2013 military parity
 
Recently, the Hong Kong media reported that in recent years the PLA Navy stepped up its activities in the Yellow Sea, where the joint exercises navies of the U.S. and Japan are taking place now, mil.news.sina.com.cn writes today.

In response to the actions of the U.S. Navy in the waters around China, Beijing sent a scout ship to the area of ​​the Hawaiian Islands for intelligence gathering ( here at Pearl Harbor is the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S. Navy – approx. “VP” ) . In this area, the joint military exercises with the U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier “George Washington “, Japanese and South Korean ships, equipped with a system of ” Aegis ” is conducted . In the future, in the area the Chinese Navy plans to use its first aircraft carrier ” Liaoning ” as the flagship of the combat strike group .

Russian, Chinese warships hit targets in Peter the Great Gulf

The port of Vladivostok has been hosting a large-scale Russian-Chinese naval exercise, Interaction 2013, involving a total of 18 warships and vessels, eight airplanes and helicopters and one submarine. Watch this RIA Novosti video to see the exercise, as well as Russian and Chinese sailors hitting air, surface and underwater targets.
http://en.rian.ru/video/20130711/182182313/Russian-Chinese-Warships-Hit-Targets-in-Peter-the-Great-Gulf.html

China has armed with new stealth frigate

18.03.2013 / Lenta.ru

Chinese Navy 12 March 2013 adopted a new frigate project Type 056, built with using stealth technology, says “Xinhua”. The Navy ship with the number 582 is named “Bengbu” in honor of the prefecture in Anhui province in eastern China. Previously reported that the frigate will be named “Jiandao.” The ceremony of including the frigate to the fleet was held in Zhoushan in Zhejiang profintsii in eastern China.

The transfer of Project Type 056 frigate to Chinese navy held in late February 2013. Length of the ship is 95.5 meters, width ─ 11,6 meters and sediment ─ 4,4 meters. The frigate is capable of speeds up to 28 knots, a range of its course is about two thousand miles. The ship is armed with two anti-ship missile launchers YJ-83 anti-aircraft system FL-3000N, 76-mm gun mounts AK-176, two 30-mm guns and two torpedo tubes trehtrubnymi 533 millimeters.

In the ship’s air group project Type 056 is a helicopter Harbin Z-9C. In total, the Chinese Navy intend to adopt such 20 frigates to replace the fleet of obsolete ships project Type 053 and Type 037. Construction of frigates is a part of a larger fleet renewal program.