Type 076 landing helicopter dock

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The Type 076 landing helicopter dock (NATO reporting name: Yulan-class landing helicopter assault), also known as the Type 076 amphibious assault ship (Chinese: 076型两栖攻击舰) in its native China, is an upcoming class of amphibious assault ship serving the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). Compared to the preceding Type 075, the Type 076 is significantly larger in both displacement and flight deck dimensions. It features a twin-island design superstructure, a stern well dock, a CATOBAR system of electromagnetic catapult, and arresting gears for operating light fixed-wing aircraft — likely unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) such as the GJ-21, making it both a landing helicopter dock (LHD) and a drone carrier. The Type 076 is the world's first amphibious assault ship and drone carrier designed with an electromagnetic catapult.

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