052C/052D Class Destroyers
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antiterror13
Brigadier
true .... non VLS like the ones on 052B are as effective as VLS in most of the time. And this baby have 16 YJ-83 (I believe these will be upgraded to YJ-18)
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
3 x Type 052D launched in 2018
16 launches in 76 months
Rate is 1 in 4.75 months or average 2.5 per year
16 launches in 76 months
Rate is 1 in 4.75 months or average 2.5 per year
Launch average will increase once the ships in the staggered phase launch quickly.. The keel laying average has been 3.25/ year. 26 in 8 years.. I have no reason to believe launch rate would be too different from this..
Jura The idiot
General
now noticed the tweet
Le 12 Janvier, dans une base navale à Guangdong, le destroyer 161 Hohhot est admis au service actif par la marine chinoise. Il s'agit du 10e destroyer Type 052D entré en service.
Translated from French by
On 12 January, at a naval base in Guangdong, the destroyer 161 Hohhot was admitted to active service by the Chinese navy. This is the 10th destroyer Type 052D entered into service.
Le 12 Janvier, dans une base navale à Guangdong, le destroyer 161 Hohhot est admis au service actif par la marine chinoise. Il s'agit du 10e destroyer Type 052D entré en service.
Translated from French by
On 12 January, at a naval base in Guangdong, the destroyer 161 Hohhot was admitted to active service by the Chinese navy. This is the 10th destroyer Type 052D entered into service.
I am thinking April 23, we may see mass commissioning.
For those who don't know what April 23 means, that is the PLA Navy birthday.
Among the ships, maybe "Nanchang" and "Shandong."