055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

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end december 2017

Are these the 055 number 6 & 7 modules on front section of yard after partition ????

 

[nicky]

 

[asif iqbal]

Are these the 055 number 6 & 7 modules on front section of yard after partition ????

No 3rd and 4th x Type 055 on right

And 16th and 17th x Type 052D on left

Looks like hangers on both are on

 

[Tam]

Not sure if this has been posted before since its dated to the middle of last year, but I am going to add this link as another note to various references on the Type 055's main radars to be using GaN.

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[Richard Santos]

That CGI is clearly a really old one (relatively speaking). You can tell this by the incorrect hull crease which is depicted as being one deck higher than it actually turned out to be. Other definite errors include the mast-top rotating AESA, the COGAG (and therefore the stacks) configuration, and of course the number of VL cells. Other likely (but as of yet unconfirmed) errors include the Z-8/18-sized hangar, the exposed funnels, and the TACAN beacon. What I like that this CGI got right before any of the other CGIs I've seen is the placement of the RHIB garages, the lack of a rear VSR, and the clean foredeck.


Russia won't ever buy a 055. Just like Russia won't ever buy a 054A. Or a Yuan SSK. Pride goeth before the fall, but that's just how the world turns.

I can see a not all together implausible scenario where the Russians might be moved to procure substantial number of major surface combatants from China.

Russia’s capacity to expand her surface feet is a pale shadow of those of former Soviet Union and contemporary China. She has neither the industrial, nor the financial, nor in many case the technical capability to restore that capacity. The attempt by Russia to interfere in multiple western elections can bring about a eventual confrontation, especially if the trump administration crashes and burns, and clintonian democrats gains dominant control in Washington. If that occurs, there is no possibility Russia could hold her own in the medium term without major industrial and financial support from the outside to make up for her greatly diminished rearmament capacity.

 

[Iron Man]

I can see a not all together implausible scenario where the Russians might be moved to procure substantial number of major surface combatants from China.

Russia’s capacity to expand her surface feet is a pale shadow of those of former Soviet Union and contemporary China. She has neither the industrial, nor the financial, nor in many case the technical capability to restore that capacity. The attempt by Russia to interfere in multiple western elections can bring about a eventual confrontation, especially if the trump administration crashes and burns, and clintonian democrats gains dominant control in Washington. If that occurs, there is no possibility Russia could hold her own in the medium term without major industrial and financial support from the outside to make up for her greatly diminished rearmament capacity.

Russia can and does produce corvettes, frigates, SSKs, SSNs, and SSBNs. The only hole is large surface combatants, the destroyer and cruiser classes. Russia doesn't really need a strong surface navy since it is even more of a continental power than China is, so the lack of large warships isn't exactly a glaring deficit in Russia's defense posture. It may eventually produce a few if its economy gets back on track (e.g. Lider), but these will mostly be for show to demonstrate its great power status, like its lone and mostly useless carrier. I don't see a problem with its technical capacity, but its current lack of industrial and financial capacity is not necessarily a predictor of its future industrial and financial capacity, especially if the price of oil shoots back up.

 

[asif iqbal]

Hopefully we see JNCX launch 2nd unit in 2018

And DL launches 2 units in 2018 too

That would mean 4 x Type 055 in one year

Fantastic achievement

If they can do another 4 by 2020 that would give a rate of 2.6 units per year

That would be exactly same as Type 054A and Type 052D rates

 

[Tam]

I think they might launch three this year, but what they are going to fill the docks for construction next would be the more interesting part depending how many 055 or 052D/E they will put in. Or maybe the next aircraft carrier.

 

[Totoro]

A question that is a bit off topic but still: I've seen in this thread a lot of satellite images with "product preview" watermark on them. It looks as if they're from some service which is free to use. If so, could someone tell me where to go to register for that service. I thought initially it was Digital globe service but I can't find a simple and free registration on their pages, so perhaps it's some other service...

 

[sequ]

A question that is a bit off topic but still: I've seen in this thread a lot of satellite images with "product preview" watermark on them. It looks as if they're from some service which is free to use. If so, could someone tell me where to go to register for that service. I thought initially it was Digital globe service but I can't find a simple and free registration on their pages, so perhaps it's some other service...

Try TerraServer:

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