055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread
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Jura The idiot
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the tweetThe work is progressing apace, as you would expect...
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contains the first two above pictures and says (translated by google, not automatically as offered by Twitter, which I tried but didn't understand at all):
"The scaffolding on APAR sites of Type 055 right now would suggest a higher pre-equipped level compared to the Type 052D."
L'échafaudage sur les emplacements d'APAR du Type 055 dès maintenant suggérerait un niveau pré-équipé plus poussé par rapport au Type 052D.
Red: it seems the spotter was right after all. Three new clearly identifiable integrated electronics system. I'm guessing the round one is the E/O aperture. The two rectangular ones could be navigational radars.
Orange: looks like a blast deflector for the flare/decoy launchers
Yellow: the two mystery panels now look somewhat different in thickness to my eyes. Perhaps they do not serve the same purpose....
antiterror13
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I have a funny feeling that China may build these babies in high number together with 052E ... perhaps 24-30 of those 055x
I'm going to guess 16-20 055/A, 40-50 052C/D/E, and 50-60 054A/B.
FYI, we've had that info about the universal VLS for about five years. That info first came out in mid to late 2012 about when the first 052D launched
No way, I know China is rich, but not that rich, if they do that, they need to spend close to 4% of GDP.
today about 30 in 051B or better; 25 in 054 already;
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