Chinese research ship Mirage Hunter

Mirage Hunter (Chinese: 幻影猎手, Hanyu Pinyin: Huan-Ying Lie-Shou) technical research ship (AGTR) is a very little known naval auxiliary ship currently of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[1][2] First revealed in January 2012 with standard Chinese naval camouflage,[3] only a single unit has been built as of mid-2010s.

History
PRC
Name: Mirage Hunter
General characteristics
Class and type: Mirage Hunter
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 None
Armament: Unarmed
Aircraft carried: None
Aviation facilities: None

Externally, Mirage Hunter looks identical to Sea Shadow (IX-529), albeit on a much scaled-down size, and both ships adopt the same small-waterplane-area twin hull design.[1][2][3] Mirage Hunter is built by a shipyard in Wuhan, where the 701st Institute of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) headquartered. 701st Institute is the primary Chinese research establishment conducting research on stealth features for ships and boats, and it is therefore postulated that Mirage Hunter AGTR is used by Chinese to research on the hull form of naval stealth technology and countermeasures.[1][2][3]

References
  1. "Mirage Hunter technical research ship". Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  2. "Mirage Hunter AGTR". Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  3. "Mirage Hunter". Retrieved January 6, 2012.
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