i wonder if there is an even tinier Anshan model inside the ship's conference room of the Anshan modelDDG 103 Anshan. I believe the image was taken inside the ship's conference room.
055 Large Destroyer Thread II
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The GIF of the hot launch from U-VLS gave us a good insight into how the CCL is configured. For this particular missile, the internal tube diameter is about 55% of the cell's sides, or just under 1/3 of the U-VLS cell area. The white coloured corner frame remains intact during missile ejection.
Just keep in mind that not everything fired from the U-VLS is hot launched. Missiles are fired cold launched specifically the HHQ-9s. This they won't need exhaust gas channels. The pic on top might be from the frontal VLS of the 055, which is where they launch HHQ-9. You might be looking at the start of a cold launch instead. The rounded canister for the HHQ-9 is configured only for that missile itself and appears similar to the land based version. This canister is inserted to the square cell of the VLS.
Only if Russia buys a 055...i wonder if there is an even tinier Anshan model inside the ship's conference room of the Anshan model
Russia would be better off buying 052DEs, to be honest.
055 could prove too much for Russia's limited pocket size to handle.
Or maybe China should just "return" those 4 modernized Sino-Sovremennys to Russia, since they would be more familiar with them which is still made up of largely Soviet-built structures and systems.
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It was meant to be a joke to mock the Russian stacking dolls as stannislas was joking about having a miniaturaized 055 model inside another.
Sorry for the off-topic post.
DDG 103 Anshan. I believe the image was taken inside the ship's conference room.
Note the Z-20F on the aft deck. I wonder if it is a depiction of future development, or that Z-20F is already deployed on Type 055 at this point.
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hopefully we can see 2 x Z20F in each and every Type 055
this is a high value asset and needs a continuous around the clock ASW sweeps, when one lands for refuelling or rearming another one needs to be airborne to cover
and if they can add in a rotary wing UAV for good measure for when helicopters are not needed
as a matter of fact a whole fleet of UAV would be good for this kind of warships
this is a high value asset and needs a continuous around the clock ASW sweeps, when one lands for refuelling or rearming another one needs to be airborne to cover
and if they can add in a rotary wing UAV for good measure for when helicopters are not needed
as a matter of fact a whole fleet of UAV would be good for this kind of warships
Type 055 large destroyer leads PLA warships in island chain-breaking voyage
By Published: Dec 15, 2022 08:27 PM Updated: Dec 15, 2022 08:19 PM
Two Type 055 large destroyers, the Nanchang and the Lhasa, are moored at a naval port in 2021. File photo: Courtesy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy
Led by a 10,000 ton-class large destroyer, a group of warships of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy reportedly sailed beyond the first island chain on Wednesday via two strategically important straits near Japan, a routine exercise experts said on Thursday sent a signal amid Japan’s recent militaristic moves, including updates to its national security strategies with the plan to increase military spending and referring to China as a "strategic challenge."
Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force spotted a PLA Navy flotilla consisting of the Type 055 large destroyer Lhasa, the Type 052D destroyer Kaifeng and the Type 903A replenishment ship Taihu sailing from the East China Sea through the Osumi Strait into the West Pacific from Tuesday to Wednesday and a PLA Navy electronic reconnaissance vessel with hull number 796 sailing from the East China Sea through the Miyako Strait into the West Pacific from Monday to Wednesday, Japan's Ministry of Defense Joint Staff said in two press releases on Wednesday.
This is the second time the Lhasa has made a voyage into distant waters this year, with the first one in June, when it led a flotilla of a similar configuration into the Sea of Japan, and then sailed in a circle around Japan before returning, according to releases by Japan's Ministry of Defense Joint Staff at the time.
The latest voyage is likely a regular far sea training exercise carried out according to training schedules, which is aimed at enhancing the Lhasa and other vessels’ operational capabilities in far sea, a Beijing-based military expert told the Global Times on Thursday, requesting anonymity.
It also comes at a time when Japan recently , which plan to increase the country’s military spending and referred to China as a "strategic challenge."
Japan is also planning to purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US, which experts believe are of a type of aggressive, standoff weapon that can be used in first attacks, going against Japan’s pacifist constitution set after Japan’s defeat in World War II.
It also came after a senior official of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party recently also visited the island of Taiwan and .
While the PLA warships’ far sea training is routine and not aimed at any third party, it will display the PLA’s capabilities in safeguarding China’s national sovereignty, territorial integrity and development interests, as well as defending the post-World War II international order, the expert said.