056 class FFL/corvette

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Just my posts here? :-( Anyway, check this:
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I'll reply. :)

Looking at the pics of 586 vs 585 on the link provided, I do see the bridge on 586 having the extended ceiling. So does this mean 586 has the TAS opening in the back? If not, then the earlier pics we saw here on the new hull with the TAS opening does not exclusively have the extended ceiling. It would mean they already had that prior to the hull with the TAS opening and both developments aren't necessarily interdependent.
 
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Is there a version of type 056 with a hanger for Z-9 helicopters?
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Nope. Not yet, and they may never do it.

The thought being, that since they are not meant to go far out to sea, that they will either be assisted by shore based helicopters which can land on their pad, or from vessels who do carry helos, like the Type 052s, or Type 054As who would operate in company with multiple Type 056 vessels and have their helicopter(s) then use the Type 056 to prosecute targets off of the individual Type 056s.

However, I believe it would be a a good variant and have produced a couple of PS'ed photos showing what it would look like:


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No well-informed sources on this forum said anything about 056 with helicopter hangers, but Kyle Mizokami mentioned it in his article below. Was he mistaken?

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Type 056 corvette

During the Cold War, Nikita Krushchev famously bragged that nuclear missiles were rolling off Soviet assembly lines “like sausages.” China may be restrained in producing nuclear missiles, but it sure is making Type 056 corvettes like sausages, with at least 20 under construction since 2012.

The Type 056s are classified in the West as corvettes—small ships useful for patrolling territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zones. If China decides to start sending non-Coast Guard ships into the disputed Senkaku Islands area, the Type 056s will likely be the first ships sent in.

The Type 056s have a good mix of self-defense weapons, plus powerful anti-ship and anti-submarine capabilities. The ships mount a 76-millimeter main gun up front for blasting ships and aircraft plus two 30-millimeter rapid-fire guns.

For missile defense, the Type 056s are equipped with a FL-3000N Flying Leopard missile system similar to the American Rolling Airframe Missile. Each launcher includes eight Flying Leopards.

Each Type 056 packs a formidable offensive punch in the form of four YJ-83 Eagle Strike anti-ship missiles. These munitions can attack targets more than 124 miles away with a 350-pound high explosive warhead. In the terminal phase, moments before impacting the target, the missile flies 15 feet above the wavetops at twice the speed of sound, making it difficult for defenders to shoot it down.

Capable of hunting submarines, the Type 056s are fitted with a helipad and hangar for one Z-9 helicopter plus six anti-submarine torpedoes mounted on the deck.
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He was mistaken.

Mizokami is one of war is boring's slightly better writers, but he's still pretty bad.
 
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No well-informed sources on this forum said anything about 056 with helicopter hangers, but Kyle Mizokami mentioned it in his article below. Was he mistaken?

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"Type 056s are fitted with a helipad and hangar for one Z-9 helicopter ..."
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Kyle is wrong. There have been no Type 056 vessels built that have a hanger for the Z-9. The PLAN has launched 18 or 19 of these vessels to date, and as I said, none with a hanger for the Z-9.
 
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Bltizo said:
He was mistaken.

Mizokami is one of war is boring's slightly better writers, but he's still pretty bad.
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Hehehe...maybe WIB saw one of my PS'd pics and ran with it.

Who knows? But they are wrong, that's for sure.

...now if WCT will just pick up on my J-17 PS'ed photo.
 
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