052/052B Class Destroyers

Hyperwarp

Captain
re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

Courtesy of the great HSH, 24 rounds it is :

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From the test ship 892 :

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MwRYum

Major
re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

Why can't there be TWO goalkeepers and one RAM? Why? Why??? OK, not that I care too much or anything. ;)

The goalkeeper is pretty big, all things considered, even bigger than the R2D2; then there's the VLS located within the superstructure, unlike the AB that locate the aft VLS to position aft the helideck.
 

Franklin

Captain
re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

As for the RAM system in the back. Didn't the USN did something similar with the AB but had to go back to the CIWS later ?
 

Hyperwarp

Captain
re: PLAN Type 052 Class Destroyer

As for the RAM system in the back. Didn't the USN did something similar with the AB but had to go back to the CIWS later ?

Actually its the South Korean Navy that uses Goalkeeper CIWS + RIM 116 combo. Both 'Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin' class destroyers (
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) have this combination. But the Goalkeeper is at the back and RIM-116 infront.
 
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