052C/052D Class Destroyers
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broadsword
Brigadier
This picture is interesting. I can only see three 052D left in Dalian, along with three 055. The fourth 055 is in another part of the bay moored near the Shandong and a fourth 052D should be across the other bay in another dry dock getting its sonar fitted. I would assume that 121 Qiqihar is no longer there, and another 052D is moored where Qiqihar used to be. The last four remaining 052D in Dalian would be 163, 123, 124, and 125.
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
DL looks quiter, those 2 units will be launched this year they haven't been floated forward either
the forward dock is empty and the side quay is also empty no new super structures
DL should gear up for 004
the forward dock is empty and the side quay is also empty no new super structures
DL should gear up for 004
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Looks like a big conscious shift in focus to get ships to the fleets ASAP instead of optimising scheduling as was previously the case (you would normally want to stagger construction so you don’t have a lot of ships all entering service in a short time frame as that would not be efficient for the shipyard or naval academies supplying the new manpower for those ships).
I think this is an indirect sign of just how seriously Beijing is taking the threat of actual war with the US right now.
If a war doesn’t break out, I think we will see a big and distinct break in the trendline of PLAN warship construction and commissioning next year, when the impact of these production schedule changes start to filter through into fewer new built hulls appearing.
I think this is an indirect sign of just how seriously Beijing is taking the threat of actual war with the US right now.
If a war doesn’t break out, I think we will see a big and distinct break in the trendline of PLAN warship construction and commissioning next year, when the impact of these production schedule changes start to filter through into fewer new built hulls appearing.
There is only one left 056A being fitted in HDZ when there used to be four to five. I have not seen the last 071 in HDZ lately either.
No need to wait, the effects are already visible today.
10 destroyers were launched last year (8 052d + 2 055)
No more than 3 will be launched this year (1 052d +2 055)
That means you'll see a massive slump after 2021-22 commissioning of these ships.