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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

Chinese, Philippine Coast Guards Hold Joint Exercise

January 23, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments BRP Tubbataha (MRRV-4401), China, China Coast Guard (CCG), China Coast Guard ship 5204, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippines

The Chinese and Philippine Coast Guard ships on Wednesday held their first joint maritime exercise on search and rescue and

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

China Coast Guard Ship Visits Philippines for First Time

January 18, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments China, China Coast Guard (CCG), China Coast Guard ship 5204, Patrol vessel, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippines

A China Coast Guard (CCG) patrol vessel, designated 5204, arrived in Manila, the Philippines for a port visit on January

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

China Commissions First Type 055 Guided-Missile Destroyer, Nanchang

January 12, 2020January 14, 2020 Arun Mathew 0 Comments China, Destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), Nanchang (101), People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Qingdao Naval Base, Type 055 guided-missile destroyer

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned its first Type 055 guided-missile destroyer, Nanchang (101) during a ceremony

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Asia-Pacific Ballistic Missiles Naval 

Chinese PLA Navy Test Fires JL-3 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile from Type 094 SSBN

January 11, 2020 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Ballistic Missile, China, JL-3 SLBM, Nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), SLBM, Submarine, Type 094 SSBN, Type 096 SSBN

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has test-fired its new JL-3 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a Type 094

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises 

China, Pakistan Kick Off Sea Guardians-2020 Naval Drill in Karachi

January 8, 2020 DP Press Releases 0 Comments China, Karachi Naval Dockyard, Military exercise, Pakistan, Pakistan Navy, People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Sino-Pak Exercise Sea Guardian

The PN-PLAN Bilateral Exercise, code-named Sea Guardians-2020, kicked off at the Pakistan Navy Dock Yard in Karachi, Pakistan on the

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

China Launches 23rd and 24th Type 052D Guided-Missile Destroyers

December 31, 2019 DP Press Releases 0 Comments China, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC), Destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), Jiangnan Shipyard Co., People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Type 052D destroyer

China has launched the 23rd and 24th Type 052D Luyang III-class guided-missile destroyers for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

China Launches Sixth Type 055 Guided Missile Destroyer

December 31, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments China, Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC), Destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer (DDG), People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Type 055 guided-missile destroyer

China launched its sixth Type 055 guided-missile destroyer at the Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC) in Liaoning province on December

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Asia-Pacific Military Exercises Naval 

China, Russia, Iran to Hold Joint Naval Exercise

December 27, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments China, Gulf of Oman, Iran, Military exercise, Russia, Xining (117), Yaroslav Mudry (727)

China, Russia and Iran will hold a joint naval exercise from Dec. 27 to 30 in the Gulf of Oman,

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

Bangladesh Navy Receives Two Chinese Type 053H3 Frigates

December 20, 2019 DP Staff Writer 0 Comments Bangladesh, Bangladesh Navy, BNS Abu Ubaidah (F19), BNS Umar Farooq (F16), China, Frigate, Jiangnan Shipyard Co., Type 053 frigate, Type 053H3 frigate

Bangladesh Navy received two Chinese Type 053H3 frigates, Jiaxing (Hull 521) and Lianyungang (Hull 522), in Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard on

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Asia-Pacific Naval 

China’s First Domestically-Built Aircraft Carrier Shandong Enters Service

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Arun Mathew 0 Comments Aircraft Carrier, China, People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Type 001A Aircraft Carrier, Type 001A Shandong (CV-17)

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its first domestically-built aircraft carrier, named Shandong (17), during a ceremony in Sanya

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