China Launches Largest Dock Landing Ship -- UPI
BEIJING, July 22 (UPI) -- China has launched its largest amphibious dock landing warship, the 19,000 metric ton Jinggangshan, in Shanghai.
The 689-foot-long warship can carry 1,000 soldiers, helicopters, armored fighting vehicles, boats and landing craft, a report in the China Daily said.
The vessel is the second Type 071 dock landing ship built by Shanghai's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.
The first Type 071 dock landing ship, Kunlunshan, which has no helicopter capacity, was launched in December 2006 and commissioned into the Chinese navy in 2007.
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My Comment: One more reason for Taiwan to be nervous, and for countries in dispute with China over the South China Seas to be concerned.
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