Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning has completed its training in South China Sea and returned to its home port in Qingdao today. In this set of photos released today, we could see the Type 071 LPD that USS Cowpens might have encountered earlier.
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Category: Navy
Turkey selects Juan Carlos-class design for LPD
Turkey has selected local shipyard SEDEF to construct the country’s first Landing Platform Dock (LPD).
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Sweetman: Navy Struggles Over UAS Stealth Level
In this opinion on Aviation Week, Bill Sweetman argued that the U.S. Navy should set a high degree of stealth for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system.
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Taiwan arms submarines with Harpoon Block IIs
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