055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[Rachmaninov]

Codename RENHAI is very unflattering, more likely it intends to be ”人海” rather than "仁海", which means "human wave".

Luda, luhu, luhai, luzhou, luyang are all fine, but RENHAI made it unnecessarily emotional.

Typically when China is accused of "human wave”, there is a certain mentality you can assume of the accusers.

I've seen somewhere that translates it as 'blade' 'sea' (刃海) but still the name makes absolutely no sense to me. I still do not understand why wouldn't they just settle with whatever the PLAN calls it...

 

[Jura The idiot]

Today at 3:10 PM

interestingly, searching "055" (just Ctrl-F) in that document shows:

"China is also constructing the larger RENHAI-class cruiser (CG), called the Type 055 by the PLAN."

(it's at p. 25; 33 of 106 in PDF)

does it mean Renhai would be the NATO designation?

now quickly before somebody gives me Type 055 wiki LOL
"... (NATO code name Renhai

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and that reference is the article I commented on!
(from the post
#4785 Orthan, Today at 3:01 PM)

I found out after typing
renhai meaning
into google search window LOL
Type 055 was my hit #5

 

[kurutoga]

Codename RENHAI is very unflattering, more likely it intends to be ”人海” rather than "仁海", which means "human wave".

Luda, luhu, luhai, luzhou, luyang are all fine, but RENHAI made it unnecessarily emotional.

Typically when China is accused of "human wave”, there is a certain mentality you can assume of the accusers.

These names sound "off". They may sound Chinese to a non-Chinese speaker. That is the intended target.

But to a Chinese speaker, these names sound as if the person is struggling with pinin (is it Lu or Lv?). Leaving not positive or negative, just weird impression.

 

[SpicySichuan]

Said to be the second 055 at Jiangnan.

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[Jura The idiot]

the view in the above post is probably a closeup of what I now noticed in Twitter:

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2 x Type 052D, 1 x Type 055...

 

[A.Man]

A Waiting Game:

 

[cunnilingist]

How does this compare to a Burke? Same thing? Not the same thing?

 

[PiSigma]

How does this compare to a Burke? Same thing? Not the same thing?

Maybe read the last 500 pages of this thread and make up ur own mind....

 

[cunnilingist]

Maybe read the last 500 pages of this thread and make up ur own mind....

I'm interested in the personal opinions of knowledgeable people.

 

[PiSigma]

I'm interested in the personal opinions of knowledgeable people.

Thus read the old pages. It is all there. Everyone have different opinions, there is no right answer. We can't summarize whole threads for new members everyday