Re: DDG 052C Thread
The + may refer to the newer version of HQQ-9 long range they carry. suppose to be able to engage targets now out to 300 km and has ABM capability.
Also they have a SMART-L clone in works. it would be interesting to see it ever makes on to a destroyer.
The current batch looks just like the first two 052C, 170 and 171, but in Chinese internet articles they are usually referred to as 052C+. We may learn of upgraded when the first is completed later this year.
To me it seems rather unclear whether there will be a 052D class, or they switch to a entirely new design, post-2015.
The + may refer to the newer version of HQQ-9 long range they carry. suppose to be able to engage targets now out to 300 km and has ABM capability.
Also they have a SMART-L clone in works. it would be interesting to see it ever makes on to a destroyer.