Errymath: Amphibious Assault Ship

Type 081 landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ship.

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A company-produced model of what could be China's first landing 
helicopter dock amphibious assault ship. Source: Via CJDBY website 
An apparent company-produced model of a landing helicopter dock (LHD) 
amphibious assault ship may offer an indication of the configuration and
 capabilities of such a ship that is expected to be produced for the 
People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). 
 
An image of the model appeared on Chinese military web pages on 22 
April. A subsequent online search found the same image on a model 
manufacturer's website with the designation Type 081. 
 
Chinese defence manufacturers have long used models to preview their 
platforms, although the models' veracity is often complicated by a lack 
of supporting information. In addition, Chinese model companies seeking 
sales often put speculative designs on the market and this model does 
seem to mirror some recent Chinese "fan art". 
 
However, for nearly a decade Chinese and other sources have projected 
that the PLAN would acquire an LHD, with up to six platforms in the 
class. These would complement an expected force of six Type 071 landing 
platform dock (LPD) amphibious assault ships, four of which have been 
launched. 
 
 
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The model pictured fits the description of a future LHD by Admiral Yin 
Zhou during a November 2012 Chinese television interview, in which he 
stated that it would approach 40,000 tons displacement. 
 
The model is shown with 14 helicopters embarked, including Change Z-18 
and Kamov co-axial helicopters. While it is not possible from the model 
to determine the type of Kamov, reports from 2006 noted China's interest
 in "several dozen" of the Ka-29 armed assault version. 
 
The LHD apparently employs a stern-mounted main aircraft elevator, 
similar to that employed by the French Mistral-class LHD, but positioned
 to the starboard to retain a longer "runway". 
 
Below the elevator is a well-deck for disembarking and receiving 
amphibious assault forces. It is likely this size LHD could carry a mix 
of amphibious armoured assault vehicles or hovercraft for transporting 
wheeled or tracked vehicles. 
 
China's LHD may also employ heavier integral missile armament than 
Western LHDs. In addition to two HHJ-10 point defence missile launchers,
 the model shows vertical launchers in three sponsons, two on the port 
and one on the starboard: a configuration similar to that used by the 
French Navy's carrier Charles de Gaulle for its Aster 15 SAMs. 
 
 
 
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Mil.huanqiu.com carries the 
full text of Hong Kong’s Mingpao January 23 article titled “Shanghai 
Building 50,000-ton amphibious warship” by Hong Kong military 
commentator Liang Tianren. 
Liang says that he wrote a long article three years ago that 
disclosed development of a 40,000-ton amphibious attack worship 
or helicopter carrier. In November that year, Real Admiral Yin Zhuo 
disclosed at CCTV that was developing a 40,000-ton amphibious 
attack warship. Later in 2013, a official website revealed a 
list of 18 kinds of equipment Navy is to develop during China’s 
twelfth five-year plan (2011-2015), in which homegrown aircraft 
carrier no. 001 is item 7 while 50,000-ton amphibious attack warship is 
item 10. 
China has built three Type 071 landing platform dock with quite 
strong landing capabilities, but they have the shortcomings of 
insufficient fire power and command hardware and limited air support and
 cannot serve as the cores of Chinese fleets far away from shore. 
Has an urgent need for a large amphibious attack warship that 
carries advanced VTOL aircrafts to dominate the air and helicopters and 
landing crafts to send ground troops in to protect its investment. 
According to the article, 50,000 amphibious attack warship 
will be 265 meters long and carry six fixed-wing aircrafts and four 
large helicopters on its deck. It will be accompanied by two Zubr LCACs. 
Liang said that is developing stealth VTOL J-10 fighter jets. 
The amphibious attack warship will carry 12 J-10s. 
It will, in addition, carry 10 to 20 
helicopters of various types, drones and other New-concept flying 
vehicles. As a result, it is comparable in capabilities to Britain’s 
Queen Elizebeth aircraft carrier. 
Shanghai’s Jiangnan Changxing Shipyard is building such a warship 
quickly section by section. It is expected that the sections will be 
assembled into one warship to be launched next year the latest. The 
shipyard will build 3 more such warships. 
The shipyard is, in addition, building a 12,000-ton large destroyer. 
Shanghai is to build three more Type 071 large LDPs and conduct series 
production of Type 052D destroyers. Due to such heavy workload, it will 
not build any aircraft carrier. 
Source: huanqiu.com “Hong 
Kong media says China is building 50,000-ton amphibious warship to carry
 J-10 VTOL fighters” 
 
 
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Shanghai Building 50,000-ton amphibious warship carry VTOL J-10 fighters

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