071 LPD thread

[superdog]

Took some pictures on a brief tour of the 988:

 

[superdog]

Continued:




Unfortunately the hanger and garage/dock were not open. We walked through the upper deck which contains fueling station for hanger, medical quarters, barber service room, some activity rooms and living quarter for officers.

 

[by78]

Type 071 Yimengshan sailing together with Thai Navy's Type 071ET.

 

[by78]

A full well deck.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Ship 985 Qilian Mountain has also completed the same modifications as Ship 986 Siming Mountain, adding the B turret position to test the laser weapon system. However, the hull of Ship 985 is clearly different from the early "steamed bun dome" of Ship 986; it is an angular, distinct cube. It's unknown whether they are testing a new model beyond the LY-1.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1989537529586938337

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1989537529586938337

A close up view of the installation:


That does look to be pretty massive when compared to the LY-1 on the LPD-956 Simingshan. Either they only changed the weather shield dome on the LPD-956 while still retaining LY-1, or that this is an entirely new LY-X.

 

[no_name]

Could it be a microwave weapon instead of laser? Also it doesn't look like there is room for it to turn.

 

[00CuriousObserver]

Another angle