70th Anniversary of PLAN

Visibility is poor at sea today off Qingdao.

The ships are preparing for review.

Dumping pictures and videos here as they trickle in.

New variant of Type 094 previously unseen:


101 under review in heavy fog:


Video here:

watdahek said:

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First 055 at the parade. The fog is really unfortunate.

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So... when it comes to 09IV we have seen:
2 boats with square sails
2 boats with smoother sails and lots of drainage holes on the sides.
this 1 boat with smoother sail and a simple one row of drainage holes on the side.

Total of five units so far?

Here is the video

The history of PLAN from it humble beginning to the first rank of the world navy. It is long and arduous struggle

Here come the submarine

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Chinese President and Central Military Commission Chairman Xi Jinping inspects the honor guards of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy before boarding the destroyer Xining at a pier in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on April 23, 2019. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is here to review a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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The honor guards of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy stand in formation before a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy at a pier in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on April 23, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Gang)

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A new type of nuclear submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is reviewed during a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on April 23, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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Aerial photo taken on April 23, 2019 shows the landing ship Wuzhishan of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. A naval parade was staged here to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)

The guided-missile destroyer Taiyuan of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is reviewed during a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on April 23, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)



The guided-missile destroyer Guiyang of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy is reviewed during a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on April 23, 2019. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)



Aerial photo taken on April 23, 2019 shows the landing ship Culaishan of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. A naval parade was staged here to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wu Haoyu)



Aerial photo taken on April 23, 2019 shows the hospital ship Peace Ark of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. A naval parade was staged here to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)



Aerial photo taken on April 23, 2019 shows the comprehensive supply ship Hulunhu of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on the sea off Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. A naval parade was staged here to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wu Haoyu)

Some more pic

No aerial part as planned?