054/A FFG Thread II

asif iqbal

asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
If current production rates continue by 2020 we could have a frigate inventory of between 35-40 frigates of class Type 054A/B

Also if current DDG rates continue there could be between 10-15 Type 052C/D destroyers

Thats a surface fleet of between 50-60 new ships, a outstanding achievement
 
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stardave

Junior Member
asif iqbal said:
If current production rates continue by 2020 we could have a frigate inventory of between 35-40 frigates of class Type 054A/B

Also if current DDG rates continue there could be between 10-15 Type 052C/D destroyers

Thats a surface fleet of between 50-60 new ships, a outstanding achievement
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I wonder if China can out produce US warships at any given year.
 
timepass

timepass

Brigadier
asif iqbal said:
If current production rates continue by 2020 we could have a frigate inventory of between 35-40 frigates of class Type 054A/B

Also if current DDG rates continue there could be between 10-15 Type 052C/D destroyers

Thats a surface fleet of between 50-60 new ships, a outstanding achievement
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Ya, that even they didn't utilize the full capacity of HP & HD, imagine if they utilizes the capacities of both yard only discounting other yards the numbers what Asif is mentioning could be easily achieve as of today.
 
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hmmwv

Junior Member
Despite the impressive production run of multiple PLAN platforms, they still have a finite budget and priorities are different year from year, so I doubt this kind of production rate is sustainable for frigates. The next phase of production "surge" will be concentrated at DDG and corvettes. My guess would be 054A/B production will be kept at a 1-2 ships per year max, 056 production ramp up to 4 per year, DDG to 2-3 per year, and meanwhile hopefully HD can squeeze in a few LHDs.
 
Blackstone

Blackstone

Brigadier
hmmwv said:
... and meanwhile hopefully HD can squeeze in a few LHDs.
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What's the point of building a few LHDs if they only have thirty-something Naval helicopters? PLAN can't even supply sufficient copters to their FFG and DDGs, to say nothing of their CV, LPDs, and auxiliaries.
 
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stardave

Junior Member
hmmwv said:
Despite the impressive production run of multiple PLAN platforms, they still have a finite budget and priorities are different year from year, so I doubt this kind of production rate is sustainable for frigates. The next phase of production "surge" will be concentrated at DDG and corvettes. My guess would be 054A/B production will be kept at a 1-2 ships per year max, 056 production ramp up to 4 per year, DDG to 2-3 per year, and meanwhile hopefully HD can squeeze in a few LHDs.
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Pretty sure this island dispute with Philippine, Vietnam and Japan just increased that finite budget towards the infinite direction. I won't be surprised if they really increase the production to a new levels in the next few years.

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Blackstone said:
What's the point of building a few LHDs if they only have thirty-something Naval helicopters? PLAN can't even supply sufficient copters to their FFG and DDGs, to say nothing of their CV, LPDs, and auxiliaries.
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Agreed, it is surprising why China is building so few helos, it is not like they don't have the technology.
 
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