+1 to everything
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Unfortunately, 055 is having a slow news year
Which is why this topic should stay dormant
+1 to everything
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Unfortunately, 055 is having a slow news year
Of course, one could point to Europe and Japan, but that really only leads to a more basic reason for why China is militarizing rapidly and seeks to have power projection abilities. While most of the industrialized world can simply rely on the US to stabilize global security for international trade, China can't or won't. China, unfortunately, does not trust the US, in part because the collective sentiment of the country still feels burned by a century long history of Western intervention, in part because they have mutually conflicting entrenched security interests and political goals (Taiwan, potential resource conflicts, etc), and in part because even without those concurrent conflicts of interests neither side yet knows if future ones will emerge. This is why China is adamant about having power projection capabilities and will have an interest in establishing operations far outside its immediately neighborhood, so that it can secure resources in the event that a disagreement with this other power it doesn't trust turns nasty.
Which is why this topic should stay dormant
Good advise FarkTypeSoldierI dont think its a good idea to OT so much. Lets get constructive about the title.
Thanks.
Where else can we discuss the arguments for and against the PLAN acquiring large surface combatants?
Where else can we post random 055 CGs and fan drawings of varying quality.
On the latter note:
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This 055 concept has most of what we expect.
It has the PJ-38 gun, it has 4 QC-280s, two helicopter hangar, uses the same radar as 052D... etc
However it seems a little too small for a 12,000 ton destroyer, simply based on the size next to the 052C.
Note the 052C itself is actually lighter than 7,000 tons. A ship that is 70% heavier should be sized a far bit larger -- certainly more than what looks like a growth of barely five meters in length and two meters in beam overall.
I also dislike the lack of higher mounted APAR in an integrated mast, and I think 055 could use two pairs of ciws as well (one pair of type 1130, one pair of HQ-10).
But apart from all that, I am quite fond of this artist depiction. I also like the relatively clean surface (especially going back from the main superstructure), although the forward bow can be stealthier I think.
(larger sonar, more integrated sensors, should also be desired of course)