Why does the subtext at the bottom of the picture mentioned "Type 004 aircraft carrier"?
052C/052D Class Destroyers
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Either it's sourced from a forum (Baidu Tieba?) that's called "Type 004 Aircraft Carrier", or it's a picture intended to be posted there.
Does China have quad-pack VLS cells currently in PLAN service that could allow 4 missiles to be fitted within one VLS cell? If so, which ship classes have them?
They only one quad-pack UVLS that I could find on the internet that is from China for the export market, though.
They only one quad-pack UVLS that I could find on the internet that is from China for the export market, though.
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Rumoured 555 (50km, mach 5, 50g?) missile is said to be under advanced development. Some even speculate it might be in service already. But details have been sparse for many years.
Rumored 555 might be the domestic version of the FM3000N missile. The missile was shown in the last Zhuhai show as quad packing on the U-VLS, called HT-1E in export form.
I find it unlikely that CASIC, which is the main SOE provider for China's naval missiles, not all, but mostly, will have two completely different missiles in development. Rather they would pursue the one design that has the most promise, and offered a nerfed version for export. Note that 45km is just 5km short of the 50km rumored with Missile 555. CASIC is also responsible for the U-VLS, the YJ-18, the HHQ-9, and the HHQ-10 system. The missile is active radar guided.
The 555 would have been planned as a quad pack from the start. If you want to pack more missiles into a single VLS, you would have to design a new missile for it, but this missile would be short ranged, and it would already be overlapping the function of the HHQ-10.
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9 packing for a 50km missile, even if the UVLS is bigger, would show that Chinese missile tech and miniaturisation has overtaken the US by quite a bit, which I still don't think is the case unfortunately
Likely yes. The MDBA SeaCeptor has a canister size of 27.5cm*27.5cm. That is just enough to pack 9 inside one 85*85cm cell. However, capability of this class of missile would overlap with the HQ-10.
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Long time ago, somebody in this forum made this for UVLS packing, I can't remember who, possibly Blitzo
