asif iqbal
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I think by all accounts and purpose Type 055 is a cruiser regardless of its classification
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The cruiser classification is obsolete and useless. For all intents and purposes, modern naval combatants are either frigates or destroyers, and the line between those two are blurring as well. The only reason the USN stuck to the "cruiser" classification is because they felt insecure about the Soviet Kirovs. The PLAN does not share that insecurity and they have chosen to call the 055 exactly what it is; a destroyer.
Let the "cruiser" classification die.
Technically five as the two keels starting to get assembled in the drydock in front of the two 055s are 052Ds.
Can they launch the 55's without first finishing the 52's? Can the drydock be divided?
antiterror13
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a while back in this forum, somebody showed or pointed out the divider ... the answer is YES
Equation
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Than we can say the same thing to JMSDF air craft carrier as a "destroyer"?
LOL. Remind me that the USAF changed their classification of the latest fighter aircraft from the fourth-generation to the fifth-generation, following Russian practice. Apparently there is substance in name.
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We are getting a little of topic here, but Japan is really not fooling anyone by calling the Izumo class a "helicopter carrying destroyer". It is plain fact, a helicopter carrier.Than we can say the same thing to JMSDF air craft carrier as a "destroyer"?
asif iqbal
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Can someone explain this photo from DL
3 have been launched from this yard
Latest one the 3rd was June 2017
What is this doing in the dry dock ? Was the recent launched put back into dry dock for further work ?
3 have been launched from this yard
Latest one the 3rd was June 2017
What is this doing in the dry dock ? Was the recent launched put back into dry dock for further work ?
asif iqbal
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Let's put it this way
JNCX will launch the 2nd Type 055 in 2018
The 5th unit is already next to where 1st was launched so I expect 6th unit to appear after 2nd is launched
DL is going to launch 3rd and 4th units
We can expect visual on 7th and 8th in 2018 at DL
That is to say 4 in the water and 4 under build
That's 8 x Type 055 coming our way very soon
JNCX will launch the 2nd Type 055 in 2018
The 5th unit is already next to where 1st was launched so I expect 6th unit to appear after 2nd is launched
DL is going to launch 3rd and 4th units
We can expect visual on 7th and 8th in 2018 at DL
That is to say 4 in the water and 4 under build
That's 8 x Type 055 coming our way very soon
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