The Global Times:
The Hainan, the first Type 075 amphibious assault ship of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, recently joined a flotilla and conducted a far sea exercise in the West Pacific, marking the first time that China has held an expeditionary voyage with a warship of this type.
Such drills displayed the vessel’s high level of combat readiness and the PLA Navy’s amphibious landing capabilities in carrying out traditional security missions as well as non-traditional ones like anti-terrorism and humanitarian aid, analysts said on Thursday.
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