{"id":140447,"date":"2025-11-14T01:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=140447"},"modified":"2025-11-14T01:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T01:09:06","slug":"chinas-first-076-drone-carrier-amphibious-assault-ship-begins-sea-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=140447","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s first 076 \u2018drone carrier\u2019 amphibious assault ship begins sea trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s first drone-carrying Type 076 amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, began sea trials on Friday, after its launch in December last year, according to state news agency Xinhua.<br \/>\nThe ship is seen as a key asset for the PLA Navy\u2019s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations because of its electromagnetic catapult launch system and is often described as the world\u2019s first drone carrier.<br \/>\nThe sea trial will test the reliability and stability of the engine and power system, Xinhua said.<br \/>\nNamed after&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3332717\/chinas-first-076-drone-carrier-amphibious-assault-ship-sichuan-starts-sea-trials?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s first drone-carrying Type 076 amphibious assault ship, the Sichuan, began sea trials on Friday, after its launch in December last year, according to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140447"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}