PLAN Photos & Videos

This is a great video of the Liaoning on a Chinese site:



High res too. Some shots I had not seen before...though parts of it were on other videos too.

Aircraft #113 parked with four A2A missiles



Aircraft # 113 taking off from waist position with four A2A missiles



Aircraft #113 landing with four A2A missiles



Two J-15s lining up at bow launch position



One of the J-15s taking off from the bow

...more:

Three J-15s lined up on the edge of the flight deck



An arrangement of four J-15s on deck



Six J-15s spotted near the bow launch positions



Four J-15s in the hanger



Foreign object removal from the flight deck

I developed a Flickr album called, "Life aboard the Chinese carrier, Liaoning." In it, I use about 50 pictures from recent exercises and flight operations to show the progress the Chinese are making with carrier operations.

It is impressive stuff and something many have wondered about in terms of what progress they are making.

I'd say they are making excellent progress, particularly considering that their first carrier ever was only commissioned three years ago. Here's a link to the album. Take a look at the whole thing. The [pictures are ordered chronologically with respect to operations.

Feel fre to pass this around.

Here's another great PLAN pic...six J-15 aircraft on the Liaoning's stern.

A video of the new Type 072 LST, 916, has surfaced and it is great.

Here it is:


It has allowed for some still pictures of the newer Type 072s, along with some from my:



...that give us a rare look at the Type 072s as we have not seen them before here on this forum.

There are now a total of 30 of these vessels in the PLAN inventory, with 2 or 3 more building.

This post and the next three will give us a good look at them:

...and the second batch of Type 072 pictures:

...the 3rd batch of new Type 072 pictures:

...the 4th and final batch of the new Type 072 LST pictures:



Again...the PLAN is continuing to build these vessels and another 2-3 are planned. Currently there are 30 of them. One of the most successful, and prolific PLAN designs to date.,

I'm sorry...sorry everyone and thank you for helping me find my missing contact lens.

mzyw said:

I got a question so far all the pic show the 30mm have a human operator, does that mean it can be remotely controlled or automated?

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I am moving your question to the PLAN Ask Anything Thread.

My understanding is that the PLAN does in fact have a version of this 25mm mount that can be either manual or remote operated. for example I believe the ones on the Type 056 are that way.

I do not know if the mounts on the Type 072 LSTs are also remote operation capable, but given the sensors I see on the mount, I would say that they are.