2025 Victory Day parade thread (workup, 3rd Sept)

[bsdnf]

This USV seems to be able to carry towed sonar (not surprising at all), so it is not only used to deal with Kamikaze USVs, but also to search for UUVs.

 

[Gloire_bb]

but also to search for UUVs

Looks too big for that(though of course depends on UUV), I'd bet it's a fully capable asw node.

 

[Nautilus]

Looks too big for that(though of course depends on UUV), I'd bet it's a fully capable asw node.

Why does it look too big? Is it not harder to find UUVs than full-sized attack subs?

 

[bsdnf]

Guancha's livestream yesterday: According to some guy near the third rehearsal, type 99 in the commentary they heard was not type 99A.

Probably 99AG.

 

[siegecrossbow]

One wonders how Donald Rumsfeld would feel today if he was still alive to see his Future Combat Systems ideal finally realized, except by PLA.

FCS reincarnated across the Pacific to get revenge on Pentagon bureaucrats.

 

[Gloire_bb]

FCS reincarnated across the Pacific to get revenge on Pentagon bureaucrats.

FCS was way lighter though, and overall was an entirely different(if not close to opposite) concept...

 

[BillRamengod]

Guancha's livestream yesterday: According to some guy near the third rehearsal, type 99 in the commentary they heard was not type 99A.

Probably 99AG.

I think they were saying 99B in the later part of the stream.

 

[qwerty3173]

Why does it look too big? Is it not harder to find UUVs than full-sized attack subs?

Not exactly. Proper noise cancellation technology requires enormous amounts of space to fully accommodate so for manned SSN the trend is that larger ones are more quiet, not less. However for UUVs if a single vessel sits in the middle of nowhere for ages on end without even moving, that is indeed more difficult to find than usual submarines. This is ignoring that an immobile sub is much less of a threat to opponents marine assets.

 

[BillRamengod]

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Let's rewind a bit—remember the Honor Flag Formation that appeared in the 2015 Victory Day Parade? Someone has now identified all 70 historical banners displayed! I expect a similar formation this year, which should serve as a useful reference.

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The Honor Flag Formation lined up for review.

 

[taxiya]

Guancha's livestream yesterday: According to some guy near the third rehearsal, type 99 in the commentary they heard was not type 99A.

Probably 99AG.

I think when we see suffix G we should assume it is a temporary designation as it means upgrade. AG would be most likely named B when entering service.