According to the website globaltimes.cn, the Chinese naval industry is preparing to launch the second Type 075 helicopter carrier in the coming days or weeks, barely 6 months after the first unit was launched, a feat for a ship more than 250 m long and 40.000 tons, especially considering that it is the first class of ships of this type that Chinese shipyards will have built. Ultimately, the Chinese Navy will have 8 to 10 of these ships, as many as the Wasp and America class assault helicopter carriers in service with the US Navy.
It now seems that the Chinese military naval industry has reached its full cruising speed, since it produces each year 6 to 7 destroyers, 3 to 4 frigates, 1 ocean replenishment tanker and 1 large naval aircraft, to name only the main ones. surface units. For the moment, priority seems to have been given to assault ships, since 2 Type 075 assault helicopter carriers, comparable in every way with the US Navy America Class LHD, and 1 Type 071 landing craft transport will have been launched in less than 12 months. The GlobalTimes article, the Tass agency equivalent for the Chinese government, explains that the Chinese Navy urgently needs to strengthen its amphibious assault component to cope with " to future clashes"
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