052C/052D Class Destroyers
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Indeed, something looks to be quite odd with it.
The size and placement of the deck openings in front of the superstructure of the warship labelled #5 in the satellite imagery (left) are different compared to an actual 052DG seen at Dalian earlier (right). And per my measurement on Google Earth, the ship looks to be ~3-4 meters shorter than the actual (non-lengthened) 052Ds.
Could this be a specially modified version of the 052D for export, or a DDG-sized cutter for the CCG?
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View of that particular warship from a flight on final approach towards Shanghai Pudong. That definitely doesn't look like a 052DG.
Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.
Seems like we could be indeed looking at the very first CCG cutter that is based on the 052D.
TL; DR - A shortened-052D with CODAG, no VLS, with tenders for personnel custody interrogation rooms, sea warning lights, detectiong & admission equipment and tracking camera equipment.
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Procurement tenders for the 052DGs of the 36th, 37th and 38th units have appeared.
Either these units belong to the current latest (4th) batch of 052D/DGs; or yet another new (5th) batch of 052D/DGs that will follow the present batch.
Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.
Either these units belong to the current latest (4th) batch of 052D/DGs; or yet another new (5th) batch of 052D/DGs that will follow the present batch.
Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.
Yeah, no VLS openings indeed.
Side-by-side comparison of the 052D/DG with that particular 052D-mod, with the latter being visibly shorter and with less deck openings. Posted by @yankeesama的帧察小队 on Bilibili.
RIP to Philippines Coast Guard
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Should be CCG’s new ship. Some sources claim that one of the tender requirements is for a so-called "police detention room"…
