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Now, let's look at how the Chinese navy grew from just a few vessels into a modern maritime force.
| The PLA Navy was founded on April 23rd, 1949 in this small
village in the coastal province of Jiangsu. |
The PLA Navy was founded on April 23rd, 1949 in this small village in the coastal province of Jiangsu.
It consisted of only nine warships and 17 boats.
Generations of Chinese leaders have made it one of the country's priorities to build a strong Navy.
From 1955 to 1960, the East China Sea Fleet, the South China Sea Fleet and the North China Sea Fleet were established.
| Generations of Chinese leaders have made it one of the
country's priorities to build a strong Navy. |
From the 1950s to the end of the 1970s, the main role of the Navy was inshore defensive operations.
Since the 1980s, the Navy has undergone a strategic transformation to offshore defensive operations.
| Generations of Chinese leaders have made it one of the
country's priorities to build a strong Navy. |
In 1984 and 1999 respectively, Chinese leaders Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin reviewed troops representing millions of service people.
Since the beginning of the new century, the Navy has improved its capabilities for integrated offshore operations, strategic deterrence and strategic counterattacks.
It has also gradually developed its ability to conduct cooperation in distant waters and counter non-traditional security threats.
Through six decades of development, a modern maritime force has taken shape, with both nuclear and conventional means of operations.
[ 本帖最后由 三生石 于 2009-4-24 22:49 编辑 ] |
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