Chinese Deployed Ships

Originally Posted by sinojosh123

Hi,
Just wondering if china has any ships deployed outside china waters...to patrol for pirate activity near somalia for example.
Thanks,
SJ

Nope..China does not have the logistical capablity to continuly deploy ships away from China. I believe it's most recent "deployment" was two years ago to the Philippines, Hawaii, US & Canada. A short jaunt of 2 months or so.

We had a thread about that particular deployment.

Chinese naval ships sail to visit USA, Canada and Philippines

Will the PLAN support/protect PRC flagged vessels in the Gulf of Aden? That's the big question. Only time will tell. Logistics will be the big problem.

Originally Posted by bd popeye

Nope..China does not have the logistical capablity to continuly deploy ships away from China. I believe it's most recent "deployment" was two years ago to the Philippines, Hawaii, US & Canada. A short jaunt of 2 months or so.

We had a thread about that particular deployment.

Chinese naval ships sail to visit USA, Canada and Philippines

Will the PLAN support/protect PRC flagged vessels in the Gulf of Aden? That's the big question. Only time will tell. Logistics will be the big problem.

Hey! I just saw on foxnews.com that 2 warships will leave Dec 26th to fight the pirates...............anyone know of a news source that has the names?