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China Daily said:
DILI, Timor-Leste - A Chinese Navy task force on Saturday arrived in Dili, capital of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, to pay a five-day official visit to the country.

The task force 152, which comprises a destroyer, a frigate and a supply ship, has been Chinese Navy's first one to pay an official visit to Timor-Leste since it became a sovereign state in 2002.

The three Chinese warships were anchored to Dili port at about 10 o'clock local time in the morning. Timor-Leste's Defense and Security Minister Cirilo Jose Cristovao, China's ambassador to Timor-Leste Liu Hongyang and more than 500 representatives from local Chinese companies and overseas students gave a warm welcoming ceremony to the task force.

Minister Christovao said at the welcoming ceremony that the first official visit by Chinese Navy's task force will definitely further promote the development of the bilateral relationship and defense cooperation, and be of significant importance to world peace and regional stability.

Wang Jianxun, commodore of the task force 152, said that the visit will improve the bilateral friendship, especially the cooperation between navies of the two countries.

After the welcoming ceremony, Timor-Leste government officials and military personnel as well as Chinese nationals attended the ceremony there got on board and visited the Chinese navy destroyer Jinan and frigate Yiyang.

During the visit, officers and soldiers of the task force will hold a deck reception and the two sides' military personnel will visit each other's warship. The task force will also hold an anti-piracy seminar and sports games with Timor-Leste's counterparts.

Commodore Wang Jianxun will pay a visit to the Ministry of Defense and Security of Timor-Leste to meet its minister and commander of Timor-Leste's Defense Force. While the task force's political commissar Ye Jianlin will visit a local school.

Timor-Leste became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century in May 2002. Its capital Dili is the political and economic center and also a major port of the country.

The task force 152 is en route its global voyage started in August 2015 when it finished an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden. Timor-Leste is the 13th stop of its global goodwill visits after a 10-day cruise from Australia's Brisbane
 

Jeff Head

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One of our own SD members just posted this excellent write-up on the Type 901 AOR

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He makes a compelling case that they Type 901 is VERY close to the Supply Class AOR for the US Navy which was specifically set up to provide replenishment to Carrier strike Groups.
 

strehl

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A look at flight ops on the Liaoning. There is a shot of taking off in rough seas (1:35) but not landing. I see air-air missiles loaded but I don't recall seeing a takeoff loaded with bombs. I would guess the lack of an organic tanker aircraft prevents swapping fuel weight for bomb load.

 

Jeff Head

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A look at flight ops on the Liaoning. There is a shot of taking off in rough seas (1:35) but not landing. I see air-air missiles loaded but I don't recall seeing a takeoff loaded with bombs. I would guess the lack of an organic tanker aircraft prevents swapping fuel weight for bomb load.

That's a decent video of the Liaoning and its exercise with six J-15s aboard on the flight deck at once. The aircraft involved were numbers 100, 103, 104, 107, 108, and 113.

That is is actually the same video as another that has over 35,000 views.

At various times we have seen virtually all of the production J-15 aircraft operating on the Liaoning at one time or another.

I also really like this video of an English interview with the captain of the Liaoning.

 

Franklin

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Weapons handling on the Liaoning.

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bd popeye

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Weapons handling on the Liaoning.

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This is a terrfic photo. Thanks for posting. Gents look at this photo in hi-res and see how many shipmates you see doing various task on the flight-deck. It looks some what busy. Much more busy than nay Russian flight deck photo I've ever seen. Yep. Nice job PLAN. Very nice indeed.
 

bruceb1959

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Weapons handling on the Liaoning.

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This is a terrfic photo. Thanks for posting. Gents look at this photo in hi-res and see how many shipmates you see doing various task on the flight-deck. It looks some what busy. Much more busy than nay Russian flight deck photo I've ever seen. Yep. Nice job PLAN. Very nice indeed.

True indeed ... their flight deck activities seem to be ramping up ( only to be expected) and the requisite aircraft handling, fuelling and arming procedures/skills are coming on well.
 

Jeff Head

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Another module was installed yesterday.



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Thanks. Great photos showing the continued progress.
Interesting.

That auxiliary deck hanging out there on the side opposite from the elevators is probably one of the inset decks we see on this picture of the Liaoning, inset into the large sponson that supports the flight deck overhang.

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