decontamination exercise
052C/052D Class Destroyers
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Launch YJ-18 Anti-ship supersonic missile from Type-052D and Type-052DL
Fireworks start at 1m25s - I think this is the first time I've seen publicly released video of PLAN antiship missiles hitting a target ship of substantial size. Pretty immense kinetic energy judging by how far debris and sprawl got ejected forward immediately after impact (1m30s)
The target might have been pennant 882 Poyanghu, a retired Type 905 tanker, displacement roughly around 20,000 tons.
What was the 2nd impact? It seems the explosion is smaller.
Those might have been inert warheads. This allows the target ship to be reused as a target over and over for the rest of the drill by other ships and planes involved in the exercise. If the ship didn't sink, and I don't think it did, they can tow it back to examine for forensic damage. The explosion would only have been from the impact and the rapid compression and detonation of the unspent solid rocket fuel in the missile.
Add 2 more... Zhanjiang reincarnation.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned two new Type 052D destroyers, the Zhanjiang and the Jiaozuo, official reports revealed on Tuesday. More ships of this class have likely also recently entered naval service or are about to, said observers.
After the decommissioning of the old Zhanjiang, , in August 2020, the new Zhanjiang, a new-generation destroyer with the same hull number as the old ship, entered service more than a year later, the PLA Daily reported on Tuesday.
This is the first time the new Zhanjiang has been reported in an official PLA publication.
While the PLA Daily did not specify the type of the new Zhanjiang, the description of it being "a new-generation destroyer" and speculation by foreign media outlet Naval News in January suggest that the ship is likely of the Type 052D.
The same PLA Daily report on Tuesday also mentioned a warship embarking on a voyage, but the report did not give further details, including the type of the ship or the time and the location of the voyage.
This indicates that the Jiaozuo has also been commissioned, analysts said.
On January 30, local newspaper the Jiaozuo Daily reported that sailors abroad the Jiaozuo sent their Spring Festival greetings to the people in Jiaozuo.
The video report by the Jiaozuo Daily indicates that the Jiaozuo is a Type 052D destroyer, and according to the ship's badge shown in the report, the hull number of the ship is 163.
Based on the general pattern of ship construction and past experiences, it would take about two years for a destroyer to enter service after launch, so the remaining Type 052Ds that have been launched are likely already also in service, or are about to be enlisted soon, a Chinese military expert told the Global Times on Wednesday, requesting anonymity.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned two new Type 052D destroyers, the Zhanjiang and the Jiaozuo, official reports revealed on Tuesday. More ships of this class have likely also recently entered naval service or are about to, said observers.
After the decommissioning of the old Zhanjiang, , in August 2020, the new Zhanjiang, a new-generation destroyer with the same hull number as the old ship, entered service more than a year later, the PLA Daily reported on Tuesday.
This is the first time the new Zhanjiang has been reported in an official PLA publication.
While the PLA Daily did not specify the type of the new Zhanjiang, the description of it being "a new-generation destroyer" and speculation by foreign media outlet Naval News in January suggest that the ship is likely of the Type 052D.
The same PLA Daily report on Tuesday also mentioned a warship embarking on a voyage, but the report did not give further details, including the type of the ship or the time and the location of the voyage.
This indicates that the Jiaozuo has also been commissioned, analysts said.
On January 30, local newspaper the Jiaozuo Daily reported that sailors abroad the Jiaozuo sent their Spring Festival greetings to the people in Jiaozuo.
The video report by the Jiaozuo Daily indicates that the Jiaozuo is a Type 052D destroyer, and according to the ship's badge shown in the report, the hull number of the ship is 163.
Based on the general pattern of ship construction and past experiences, it would take about two years for a destroyer to enter service after launch, so the remaining Type 052Ds that have been launched are likely already also in service, or are about to be enlisted soon, a Chinese military expert told the Global Times on Wednesday, requesting anonymity.
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