...Many big shrimps have said that, it's basically common sense now in Chinese forums. I can't quite remember who said it cause I've read it too many times...
Half of the 32 in the front of 052D and half of the 64 in the front of 055 is 9m
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You can make the ship go 96 VLS if you chop away that island that has the Type 517 radar, namely getting rid of the Type 517 over there.
Haha but don't take the CGI model seriously despite coming from official state owned company. The model is a shill for the Type 730C CIWS, which is kind of a Chinese Kashtan-Pantsyr equivalent using Type 730 and FL-3000N combination. This is for export markets.