If I remember correctly 3x5 refers to a quadpackable missile in development that is meant to reach 50km range, Mach 5 terminal velocity and resistance to endure up to 50 Gs.
054B/new generation frigate
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If I remember correctly 3x5 refers to a quadpackable missile in development that is meant to reach 50km range, Mach 5 terminal velocity and resistance to endure up to 50 Gs.
IEPS was never seriously considered for the 055, and the popular consensus was on conventional propulsion from the beginning. It was only ever acknowledged to be a distinct possibility for the next variant, the 055A or whatever it will eventually be called.
On the other hand, I've only heard about IEPS for the 054B until now, since 2 years ago. There was literally zero discussion about conventional propulsion the entire time. So what changed?
as Higgle mentioned, 055 for most of its duration before it was revealed was spoken about in terms of COGAG. IEPS for 055 was mentioned for a follow on variant to the initial 055, tentatively dubbed as 055A.
OTOH, for 054B/057/future frigate it has been pretty consistent for years now that it would feature some improvement in propulsion mostly in the form of IEPS, but others like CODLAG have been mentioned too. But mostly it's been IEPS for 054B/057/future frigate
4500 ton ?!?
It looks like it may displace that much. And its still being referred to as a corvette. Note this baby doesn't have hangers. Instead, an elevator takes down the helicopters below deck.
Still though, its supposed to have only 16 redut vls cells and 8 anti shippers(slant launchers, not uksk). It'll be very unlike russians of today to dispense 4500 tons of metal for just that much of armament (considering they've been putting uksk launchers on tiny boats like buyan m).
Also the designation as 20386 makes it from the family of 20380 class corvettes, so the size wouldn't really grow to 200% of original.
more of those pics.
It's utterly ridiculous and irresponsible of the website to describe these as "China’s next-generation frigate images".
These images are non-official fan made CGIs. They are good quality CGIs of course, but they most certainly are not official.
I'm also rather confused at how blatant this website seems to be emulating the aesthetic, design and even name of Xavier's much more competent and credible Naval News.com website (as opposed to Naval News.net). I'm not sure which one came first, but the fact that Naval News.net has chosen to share these pictures with the implication that they are somehow "official" is rather disappointing.