055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[Jura The idiot]

..., there is still room if they want to put 128 or more VLS in their Type 055 DDG.

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would you please describe/depict where you envisioned additional cells might be installed on Type 055, in what numbers?

 

[taxiya]

Of course, agreed, fire control is much more important than the maximal number or missiles, but sometimes quantity has quality of it's own, as Stalin said, and let's not forget propaganda value of being al pari with the USN on that regard.

Totally agree with the bold part.
But I really don't care the propaganda value as I don't care what others think or say. And I think this is how PRC has been acting so far.

 

[P5678]

this is how PRC has been acting so far.

This just demonstrated their growing confidence in their navy development.

 

[latenlazy]

Well, you or me, never mind. IMHO, a perfectly normal question. If I was in place of Chinese, Type 055 would have 128 VLS launchers... A bit more expencive yes, but IMHO, important.

You don't need parity in number of cells to reach parity in capability.

 

[latenlazy]

63 cm for MK-57, 55 cm MK-41 interior not easy to know but US missiles are more compact

I don't think size efficiencies can mask a 20-30 cm difference in cell diameter. Even if it could though, such a wide margin of difference reflects significant differences in growth margin. Chinese missiles won't lag behind the US's in basic technologies for much longer. In fact, in terms of basic technologies, they may have already caught up.

would you please describe/depict where you envisioned additional cells might be installed on Type 055, in what numbers?

You could probably incorporate one more row by stretching the hull a little. It wouldn't have been that hard to do if they really wanted 128 per ship. After all, ships are not planes. There are still limits and trade offs to space, but those margins are significantly more relaxed.

 

[Blitzo]

055 unit 1 at JNCX is coming along

 

[Figaro]

055 unit 1 at JNCX is coming along

I think this was already posted ...

 

[Blitzo]

I think this was already posted ...

Ah my mistake, didn't catch by78's post (put up early this morning in my timezone)

 

[antiterror13]

Reported for personnal Attack ... i have screnn shot all man... the bann for you...

be careful what you wish for ... you may get it instead

 

[Jura The idiot]

be careful what you wish for ... you may get it instead

at this point I kindly ask everybody not to refer to FORBIN, whom I reported yesterday in the afternoon in Europe, before Moderators address the situation (it sometimes may take them sixty or so hours, while in the past, when Jeff was fully active, it would be like ten hours max., day or night)

this is as much as I can do except starting to talk to FORBIN, which is still avoidable, I hope