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Jan 19, 2013

This Simple Ship Could Let the Chinese Navy Circle the Globe

A Chinese oiler, center, refuels two escort ships.

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy now has an aircraft carrier, new jet fighters to fly off the flattop and even new submarines and guided-missile destroyers able to protect the refurbished Soviet carrier. And with the successful first sea trials of two new, 590-foot-long fleet oilers — tanker ships designed to keep other vessels fueled, or “replenished,” while sailing long distance — the PLAN could soon be able to deploy all this new hardware beyond coastal waters.
BY DAVID AXE-dangerroom

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