054B/new generation frigate
- Thread starter Blitzo
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Lets wait until we see some visual confirmation of the +4. For a process like 052C it is way too fast.
I'm starting to think that the frigates and light frigates may just stay with the hq-16 launchers because there really isn't anything that the uvls will added to these ship's primary role. I personally think quad pack of possibly longer range boosted hq-10s would beneficial. I believe i read that there is only a 5-10 second window for the hq-10 10km max range against a sonic missle... would be nice to have some more reaction time.
Well, 052C was....beyond the edge quality combatant for 2000s China, it could simply not be working for many years.
We don't know what's inside 054B, but by appearence it isn't exactly out of the world.
Sometimes things just work.
Sometimes international environment doesn't really support waiting deployment and evaluation.
054A is not outdated(in a sense that it keeps combat value), but it's a very mediocre capability level at this point of time. It may be seen as insufficient even for non-battlefleet combatant, and PLAN is rushing introduction of state of the art units.
For non-CSG/SAG operations it is more than adequate, since all you're looking out for in those cases is pirates and in wartime, enemy subs and the occasional small surface combatant in the role of coastal water defense and convoy escort. I think in the future this is exactly what the 054A will be relegated to as more and more 054Bs join the PLAN to fulfill the frigate role for CSG and SAG operations.