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1）38-51.7N　121-38.2E；

2）38-34.2N　121-38.2E；

3）38-33.9N　121-07.9E；

4）38-48.2N　121-14.1E

Navigation restrictions from May 20 7 am to May 22 6 pm, PLAN conducting military exercises in the Yellow Sea at specified coordinates.

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1）38-51.7N　121-38.2E；

2）38-34.2N　121-38.2E；

3）38-33.9N　121-07.9E；

4）38-48.2N　121-14.1E

Navigation restrictions from May 20 7 am to May 22 6 pm, PLAN conducting military exercises in the Yellow Sea at specified coordinates.

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Sorry the above is from May 19 4 pm to June 2 4 pm, there is ANOTHER set of military exercises from May 20 7 am to May 22 6 pm at a different set of coordinates:


渤海海峡黄海北部，自5月20日0700时至5月22日1800时将在


1）38-44.5N　121-17.0E；


2）38-44.5N　121-38.0E；


3）38-35.5N　121-38.0E；


4）38-35.5N　121-17.0E


诸点连线范围内执行军事任务。禁止驶入。

Seems like busy times for the PLAN.

PLANS #834 in training transporting 3327.

Is PLANS #834 a follow up ship after #868's construction, or has #868 been given a new number #834? I have not come across #834 semi-submersible transport ship before.

lcloo said:

Is PLANS #834 a follow up ship after #868's construction, or has #868 been given a new number #834? I have not come across #834 semi-submersible transport ship before.

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If they renumbered it, they also renamed it, given this hull is reported by Chinese media as Suizhou. So it looks indeed like the second in class.

para80 said:

If they renumbered it, they also renamed it, given this hull is reported by Chinese media as Suizhou. So it looks indeed like the second in class.

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Why they called this ship PLANS Suizhou minesweeper? The former PLANS Suizhou #834 (retired) was a minesweeper, but the current #834 is a semi-submersible transport ship aka a float-on/ float-off transport ship.

Obviously there is a mis-identification of name for current #834 and previous #834 (retired). So my question still remains is this a follow-up ship or the lead ship with its pennant number changed?

The first PLANS #834 Suizhou was a type 6610 minesweeper.
第1代随州舰：6610型基地扫雷舰，舷号834，已退役。


Moreover, the current PLANS Suizhou is numbered 624, a type 056A commissioned in 2020, in service with South Sea Fleet.
第2代随州舰：056A型轻型导弹护卫舰，舷号624，于2020年服役于中国人民解放军南部战区海军。

Xi'an Kunlun Industry Group Co., Ltd.
The company that makes Type 1130 CIWS.

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