075 LHD thread
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There is no such thing as a batch of 8 type 075s. For two reasons.
1. My understanding is that most sources point to a 3 ship program (as far as known/current/outstanding contracts are concerned).
2. It is extremely easy and cheap to build a hull like this. It is extremely expensive and more time-consuming to actually bring it to full operational status (with LCACs, an aviation wing, a fully equipped marine detachment etc). We are simply witnessing the easy part here.
Well I agree with the aviation wing part, but the LCACs and marine detachment should not be that difficult, or significantly more expensive, right?
Intrepid
Major
wrong!
It is significantly more difficult and expensive. Forming, equipping, training and fielding something like a MEU is not an easy task. Remember, it takes many years for a vessel like a LHD to come to FOC.
Type 382 radar has been mounted.
(2048 × 922)
But wasn't the Type 382 radar already installed since some time?
by78
General
Sorry to say, I don't think that photo is the latest. What's missing in that photo is the TACAN above the Type 382.
What's a TACAN? Short explanation.
Here is an example of a TACAN. There are TACANs on top of the Type 382 installed on both the Liaoning and Shandong. However, TACANs are not installed on top of Type 382 used on Type 054A frigates.
When the Type 075 was launched, it already had the Type 382 radar but there was no TACAN on top of it. For a while, that absence was sustained.
Then the TACAN emerged, and should be seen on later photos. Here you conveniently can see it exactly right under this sentence.
What's a TACAN? Short explanation.
Here is an example of a TACAN. There are TACANs on top of the Type 382 installed on both the Liaoning and Shandong. However, TACANs are not installed on top of Type 382 used on Type 054A frigates.
When the Type 075 was launched, it already had the Type 382 radar but there was no TACAN on top of it. For a while, that absence was sustained.
Then the TACAN emerged, and should be seen on later photos. Here you conveniently can see it exactly right under this sentence.
