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14 September

CHINA
The East China Sea Fleet starts three-day exercise “Poseidon 2014” … off Zhoushan … focus on “support of maritime operations” … wide range of activities, to include logistics, search & rescue, military security, law enforcement, bottom survey (mines), reconnaissance, submarine rescue.

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Zitat:Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:35
Chinese Warships Berth in Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- A detachment of China's fleet of warships docked in Iran's territorial waters in the Southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday.

It is the first time that a Chinese flotilla has sailed and berthed in Iran's territorial waters.
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13 September

CHINA
A SONG class diesel-powered submarine (329) together with DAJIANG class submarine tender (ARS) CHANGXINGDAO (861) visited Colombo (Sri Lanka) from 07 to 13 Sep … both reportedly to call again in Oct and Nov.
(rmks: probably involved in anti-piracy operations off Somalia)

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20 September

CHINA
Chinese destroyer CHANGCHUN and frigate CHANGZHOU have docked at Bandar Abbas (Iran) for a scheduled “first ever” port visit … plan for joint drills (rmks: should be short “Passex”) afterwards.
(rmks: former 17. anti-piracy task group with which before had conducted visits to Aqaba, Jordan, and Abu Dhabi, UAE … usual, visits before returning home from anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden)
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23 September
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CHINA
Navy, Air Force and Army artillery forces complete annual exercise “Joint Action-2014A”in the South China Sea … “routine military training” of a wide range of warfare areas (incl. air-defence, ASW, conventional missile strike and information countermeasure)

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24 September

IRAN – CHINA
Upon completion of their port visit to Bandar Abbas (Iran), Chinese destroyer CHANGCHUN and frigate CHANGZHOU conducted a short “Passex” (communications, information sharing, search & rescue) with - unspecified - Iranian navy units.
(rmks: Chinese ships are former 17th anti-piracy task groups; during home transit routinely conduct a number of port visits)

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29 September


CHINA
• Photo published in the internet suggests Wuchan Syd launched another TYPE 072 III (YUTING) class landing ship … shows hull number 981.
• LUDA-I class destroyer CHONGQING (133) decommissioned … will serve for training at Naval Engineering University logistics college.
• Test ship 894 LI SIGUANG commissioned.
• New replenishment ship launched at Guangzhou shipyard ... said to be TYPE 904B similar (with light variations) to 888.
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Correction: Replenishment ship pictured at Guangzhou shipyard is NOT the one launched in May but another one, just launched …similar (with light variations) to 888.

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02 October

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CHINA
Since early/mid September, China has two satellites in orbit which are believed to conduct ocean surveillance and collate satellite data to target ships at sea.

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08 October

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CHINA
China plans to deploy new series of HY-3 maritime reconnaissance satellites from 2019 … synthetic aperture radar technology … monitor “ships, oil rigs and marine disasters”
(rmks: and, of course, foreign navies and activities in disputed waters).

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22. October
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•Photos on Chinese websites suggest construction of a fourth YUZHAO class (Type 071) dock landing ship may have begun at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai

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•To establish a network of islets for protecting territorial sea and seabed claims, and support commercial and military activities in the Spratly Islands, China has been engaged in at least five construction projects (create distant bases) in the Spratly Archipelago … land reclamation project has doubled size of Fiery Cross Reef to about one square kilometer.

•To establish a network of islets for protecting territorial sea and seabed claims, and support commercial and military activities in the Spratly Islands, China has been engaged in at least five construction projects (create distant bases) in the Spratly Archipelago … land reclamation project has doubled size of Fiery Cross Reef to about one square kilometer.
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31 October

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CHINA
A Chinese SONG class submarine and a submarine tender arrive at Colombo (Sri Lanka) for a scheduled visit.
(rmks: probably supporting 18th Chinese anti-piracy task group in operations off Somalia)
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11 November

CHINA
China Aerospace Science and Industry (CASIC) has unveiled new CM-708UNA submarine-launched cruise missile … range of 70 nm against medium-to-large vessels and inshore targets … inertial navigation and satellite navigation for mid-course guidance, radar seeker for terminal homing.

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17 November

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• Photo suggests Guangzhou Shipyard is building another type 903A (FUCHI) class replenishment ship.
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Zitat:China and Namibia reportedly discuss naval basing

China is planning to establish a naval support base at the Namibian port of Walvis Bay, The Namibian newspaper reported on 19 November. It quoted Chinese press sources and reported the Namibian Defence Force spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Monica Sheya, as saying that she was aware of the matter and believed that it was "being discussed at the higher levels".