Chinese military’s largest amphibious assault ship passes assessment
- Type 075 amphibious assault ship the Hainan takes part in annual tests in South China Sea
- It passes an assessment on multidimensional landing combat, reducing the time needed for equipment loading and dispatching
In the year-end exam, the Hainan inspected the loading and unloading of air-cushioned landing craft, amphibious armoured vehicles and other equipment, greatly reducing the time needed for loading and dispatching, the report said.
China’s largest amphibious assault ship, the Type 075 is able to carry an estimated 30 helicopters and hundreds of troops. The Chinese navy has launched three of them, the first of which was commissioned in April at its Sanya base in Hainan, the southern island province.
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The Type 071 amphibious landing ship was also involved in the annual assessment, operating with an air-cushioned landing craft in a nighttime landing combat test, CCTV reported.