Aircraft carrier Type 001A "Shandong" again were not included in the list of ships the Chinese Navy for a long voyage

From China, there are reports that a group of combat ships and auxiliary vessels of the PLA Navy went on a long hike. We are talking about marine transition of Chinese ships in the Gulf of Aden.
Naval battle group came from a military base in Zhoushan, where is the Yangshan deep water port.

Originally in Chinese blogs, there is a materials complaint that the payroll of ships for the long voyage did not include the newest aircraft carrier Type001A Shandong. And what ships come in?
According to the latest information, we are talking about the missile frigate "Jinzhou", the comprehensive supply ship "Chaohu", and also about one of the destroyers, type 052 to provide a zonal defense.



In China had expected in this campaign, which will be including in the waters of the Indian ocean, will take part in the mentioned "Shandong". But the ship in the long voyage and this time has not been sent.
First built in China, the aircraft carrier continues to be in the water area of the shipyard of Dalian.

Military command of China reports that ships are patrolling the waters in the area of the African nation of Somalia. The mission itself is referred to as the anti-piracy. It would be strange if the implementation of the anti-piracy mission, the PLA Navy would send a carrier battle group headed by the "Shandong"... Aug vs inflatable boats?.. which, by the way, according to the testimony of merchant seamen, the waters of the Gulf of Aden has been significantly reduced in the last few weeks...

Earlier, the warships of China and by maintenance vessels to patrol the Gulf of Aden is not limited. They went on the naval base of China, located in the state of Djibouti. This is the same base, which is "not haunted" to the Pentagon. The government of Djibouti to provide territory for foreign military bases can be considered unique. On the territory of this African country with a favorable geographical position, located as the base of the Chinese Navy and the US base.
If you go back to the topic of finding the aircraft carrier "Shandong" at the pier in Dalian, it prolonged his stay there after the commissioning of the Navy of China causes many issues within the country. One of the questions: what is the reason for his "inaction". One of the assumptions is due to the fact that Type001A still not solved the problems with the wing. Previously, he was tested on the use of the deck fighters J-15 (basic version for this Chinese fighter - the su-33), however, while the formation of full-fledged wing for "Shandong" was never completed.