antiterror13
Brigadier
the ship looks much smaller than she is
Looks like loudspeakers for me.
I was wondering the same. Loudspeakers? HiFi stereo for deck crew?
China need to keep pumping these out
RAN has 3 AEGIS
South Korea has 3 and building another 3
JMSDF has 6 with two more Maya class monsters for a total of 8
That’s 17 x AEGIS in the region
China need 24 x Type 055 which leaves half a dozen for USN
Type 052C/D are too light, not enough heavy loads and only AEGIS like not true blue water AEGIS
Type 055 should be the focus for PLAN
China need to keep pumping these out
RAN has 3 AEGIS
South Korea has 3 and building another 3
JMSDF has 6 with two more Maya class monsters for a total of 8
That’s 17 x AEGIS in the region
China need 24 x Type 055 which leaves half a dozen for USN
Type 052C/D are too light, not enough heavy loads and only AEGIS like not true blue water AEGIS
Type 055 should be the focus for PLAN
If a relatively small country like Korea has 6, then China with 26 times the population, should have 26 x 6 = 156 of these AEGIS ships.
If Japan has 8, then China with 10 times the population, should have 10 x 8 = 80 of these AEGIS ships. If you factor in the threat from out of region invaders, China needs even more.
Chinese navy is still far below its full capability if you consider its huge population. China needs to speed up its ship construction speed, before it can build a big enough navy that is commensurate with its big power status.
If a relatively small country of 50 million people like Korea has the resource to build 6 aegis ships, then we can easily see what the full capability of China is in terms of the amount of resources available.Economy not population decides how numerically large a military should be.