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CHINA’S TYPE 076 LHA NEARS COMMISSIONING

  Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 23 dated 25 May 2026 PLA Navy Expeditionary Assets China has made considerable investment in her expeditionary capabilities. More notably, the expeditionary assets…

PAKISTAN'S HANGOR CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAMME – AN UPDATE

    Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 22 dated 17 May 2026 This brief is an update on Pakistan’s Hangor Class submarine programme, an earlier report on which was published on 25 March 2025. Several…

A HOME PORT FOR CHINA’S NUCLEAR POWERED AIRCRAFT CARRIER

    Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 21 dated 07 May 2026 China’s aircraft carrier programme is gathering steam. The commissioning of the Liaoning (25 Sep 2012) was followed by the Shandong…

CHINA’S SURVEY AND RESEARCH VESSEL (CSRV) FLEET AND ASSOCIATED RESEARCH INSTITUTES: PART III – GUANGZHOU MARINE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (GMGS)

  Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 20 dated 31 Mar 2026   The Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey (GMGS) operates under the direct control of China Geological Survey, Ministry of Land and Resources.…

CHINA’S SURVEY AND RESEARCH VESSEL (CSRV) FLEET AND ASSOCIATED RESEARCH INSTITUTES: PART IV – FIRST, SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY (MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES)

    Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 19 dated 19 Mar 2026 China has over the years created four large Institutes of Oceanography that function under the Ministry of Natural Resources, often…

CHINA’S SURVEY AND RESEARCH VESSEL (CSRV) FLEET AND ASSOCIATED RESEARCH INSTITUTES: PART II – CHINA OCEAN MINERAL RESOURCES R&D ASSOCIATION

Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 18 dated 10 Mar 2026 China has placed itself as a major player in the arena of seabed mining in ‘the Area’. It has done so systematically, progressively increasing its…

CHINA’S SURVEY AND RESEARCH VESSEL (CSRV) FLEET AND ASSOCIATED RESEARCH INSTITUTES: PART I - POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINA (PRIC), SHANGHAI

    Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 17 dated 24 Feb 2026 China reportedly has the largest fleet of Survey and Research vessels in the world. Several studies have put down this number to somewhere…

PLA NAVY AUGMENTS SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES AT YULIN NAVAL BASE, HAINAN

    Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – Issue No 16 dated 06 Feb 2026 The PLA Navy’s base at Hainan has been growing steadily. While the creation of berthing facilities for aircraft carriers, large combatants as well as nuclear…

THE PLA NAVY’S DEPERMING RANGES

    Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – Issue No 15 dated 27 Jan 2026 The PLA Navy gives considerable importance to mine warfare. This can be gauged not only from the large fleet of minesweepers that it operates, but also for…

WHY CHINA’S FOURTH AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LIKELY TO BE NUCLEAR-POWERED

  Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – Issue No 14 dated 01 Jan 2026 China’s third aircraft carrier, Fujian was commissioned on 05 Nov 2025. She is a substantial departure from her earlier siblings. Gone is the ramp at the bows which…

CHINA’S ANTARCTIC STATIONS GROW UNABATED

Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 13 dated 11 Apr 2025 China’s tryst with the Antarctic was led by Guo Kun, a graduate of the PLA Military Institute of Engineering, Harbin. While working at the State Oceanic…

CHINA ACCELERATES PAKISTAN'S HANGOR CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAMME

Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 12 dated 25 Mar 2025  In 2015, Pakistan signed a contract with China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co. Ltd (CSOC), for eight S-26 Class submarines at an estimated…

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