The lack of report in the report and forums is because people aren't as interested in 052D any more since it's more or less common place now.
052C/052D Class Destroyers
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With just 6 units in active service as of now, I will definitely not call the Type 52D common. Even the Type 56As and 54As (both which are much more bland and more numerous in numbers) get more reports and that is solely because they are commissioned on a regular basis which is the point. The 52D is currently experiencing a backlog in commission rate for no apparent reason.
The first 4 units were commissioned within 2 years of being launch, then from the 5th onwards it is lengthen to an inexplicable 3 years.
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There are 8 commisioned 052D possibly 9.
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But out of those 8, 2 are still under going sea trials. So they will only be in full service in the later part of this year.
Hendrik_2000
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Nanjing and Urumqi should be commissioned by now PLA stop publishing the commission ceremony starting with Xiamen the 6th DDG only months later we get the confirmation
antiterror13
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Have DDG-118 and 119 been commissioned? also 155 ?
It's much more likely that they've already been commissioned ... here's a quote from 星海军事 (credible PLAN source) about this. Besides, I doubt sea trials would last that long, especially since the last public commissioning was almost a year ago.
Usually when they get their numbers, they are commissioned. We are just having news lag.
What lack of movement? If you have seen my posts on the satellite imagery on Jiangnan, at the end of February, there were a total of 4 Type 052Ds within the shipyard. By early February, there is only one left.
6 commissioned:
DDG-172
DDG-173
DDG-174
DDG-175
DDG-117
DDG-154
Four in sea trials,
DDG-118
DDG-119
DDG-155
DDG-131
four more fitting out fitting out
So, to date, 10 are at sea and four firring out...meaning 14 lunched since 2012 in about 5 1/2 years. Almost three per year. .
Four more are in preliminary construction. Thats 18 right there. I expect we will probably a total of somewhere between 24 and 30.