Advanced island-landing vessels built to ‘enable faster amphibious force deployment’, analyst says, as PLA steps up Taiwan pressure
Internet users spotted three advanced specialised island-landing vessels from the “Dong Gong” series docked at a beach in mainland China in June, each bearing a hull number in the sequence 401 to 403.
The markings mean the ships serve in the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command, according to Song Zhongping, a former Chinese military instructor, who said that “the character ‘dong’ also conveys the concept of the East Sea Fleet”.
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