Z-8s, pictured on an LHD, are among China’s best helicopters for ship-to-shore transportation.
Credit: Chinese Ministry of National Defense
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy has a lot of helicopter acquisition to do. The current naval rotorcraft fleet is weak in quality and quantity, and the numbers needed in service will keep rising this decade. Shipyards have been turning out cruisers, destroyers, frigates, landing ships and...
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