054/A FFG Thread II

[no_name]

Bull it is then.

054A pics:

What are they watering for?

 

[jobjed]

Bull it is then.

054A pics:

What are they watering for?

Actually, people in China regularly refer to their vessels with the NATO codeword. I'm not sure whether the director of a shipyard would use it but the usage itself can not immediately disprove the claim.

 

[franco-russe]

so the fleets look like

SSF
2 x Flotilla of Type 054A (568-571) and (572-575)

total 8 ships

ESF
1 x Flotilla of Type 054A (529-532) and Type 054 (525 and 526) plus they will get 2 more Type 054A (548 and 549)

total 8 ships

NSF
1 x Flotilla of Type 054A (546,547,538 and 550)

total 4 ships

which gives total of 20 frigates (18 x Type 054A + 2 Type 054) or have i just totally messed this up!?

No, you did not mess it up. It is more or less also what I believe. They form frigate squadrons, though, subordinate to destroyer flotillas:

1 Destroyer Flotilla Qingdao: 538, 546, 547, 550
2 Destroyer Flotilla Dinghai: 525, 526, 529, 530,
6 Destroyer Flotilla Dinghai: 548, 549 (both commissioned), 531, 532
2 Destroyer Flotilla Zhanjiang: 568, 569, 570, 571
9 Destroyer Flotilla Yulin: 572, 573, 574, 575

 

[Engineer]

A very clear picture of HQ-16 being launched.

 

[antiterror13]

It seems China is very confident and happy with HQ-16/A/B. I would like to see the range of the missile increased to around 90km with better solid fuel technology (same size)

 

[Lion]

It seems China is very confident and happy with HQ-16/A/B. I would like to see the range of the missile increased to around 90km with better solid fuel technology (same size)

Definitely capable. The missile looks huge from that pictures.

 

[antiterror13]

Definitely capable. The missile looks huge from that pictures.

Definitely, at the moment the range is around 60-70km. Currently Chinese solid rocket fuel technology is lack behind the American and somewhat the Russian and European as well. In the future even it can be quadrupled to host even more smaller missile. Imagine 3x8 = 24 HQ-16B with 90km range and 4x8 = 32 smaller missiles with 30 km range.

But I believe the 054A/B hull can host 6 x 8 = 48 HQ-16 VLS ... now imagine 32 HQ-16A/B (90km) PLUS 32 smaller missiles (30km)

 

[jackliu]

Definitely, at the moment the range is around 60-70km. Currently Chinese solid rocket fuel technology is lack behind the American and somewhat the Russian and European as well. In the future even it can be quadrupled to host even more smaller missile. Imagine 3x8 = 24 HQ-16B with 90km range and 4x8 = 32 smaller missiles with 30 km range.

But I believe the 054A/B hull can host 6 x 8 = 48 HQ-16 VLS ... now imagine 32 HQ-16A/B (90km) PLUS 32 smaller missiles (30km)

I thought the range is only 50Km max, did they modify it?

 

[tphuang]

guys, please remember that the effective range of HQ-16 is restricted by the range of the FCRs. There are limitations to the range of those MR-90 look-a-likes, especially against sea-skimmers.

 

[Blitzo]

I thought the range is only 50Km max, did they modify it?

It is 50km

guys, please remember that the effective range of HQ-16 is restricted by the range of the FCRs. There are limitations to the range of those MR-90 look-a-likes, especially against sea-skimmers.

Wouldn't adding active radar seekers alleviate this issue?