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[Lethe]

The number of submarines is less about launch tubes and missiles than about maintaining continuous deterrence at sea, with a level of redundancy appropriate to the threat. Three boats is the minimum to ensure that one is constantly at sea, with effectively no margin to accommodate the unexpected, e.g. a hull loss or extended repairs from running into an underwater mountain. Four is a much more comfortable number, and has the additional benefit of being able to surge an extra boat in times of heightened tensions.

The much greater vulnerability of China's SSBNs (compared to those of France/UK) due both to the regional hydrography, and the high density of advanced threat assets and detection networks in the vicinity, are the main reason I think China needs 8-12 SSBNs.

 

[Lethe]

Wikipedia's

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has the four Sovremmeny-class destroyers as displacing 7900t. Most other sources I can find show a full load displacement for the type of 8500 tons. Anyone able to clarify? Any reason why PLAN's ships would be different from the Soviet/Russian ones?

 

[Tetrach]

Wikipedia's

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has the four Sovremmeny-class destroyers as displacing 7900t. Most other sources I can find show a full load displacement for the type of 8500 tons. Anyone able to clarify? Any reason why PLAN's ships would be different from the Soviet/Russian ones?

For Project 956 standard displacement is 6500 tons while 7900 tons fully loaded.

 

[Xizor]

Anyone have videos of Type 1130 CIWS in action?

 

[Jura The idiot]

Anyone have videos of Type 1130 CIWS in action?

I've put into google search window
youtube+Type+1130+CIWS+in+action
and this was on top:

you're welcome

 

[Xizor]

I've put into google search window
youtube+Type+1130+CIWS+in+action
and this was on top:

you're welcome

Did that. Poor quality and the video is just 2 seconds of ciws. I'm looking for a longer clear and higher quality video.
Thanks. sans the sass.

 

[Jura The idiot]

Did that. Poor quality and the video is just 2 seconds of ciws. I'm looking for a longer clear and higher quality video.
Thanks. sans the sass.

what's the cooling of a Type 1130 gun (not of its electronics)?

(it's an antifreeze for an АК-630, and nothing (I mean air) for a Phalanx, and I don't know for a Goalkeeper off top of my head)

 

[solarz]

Why are sailor uniforms white? Why was it blue striped before?

 

[Xizor]

I thought type 1130 was air cooled.

 

[Jura The idiot]

I thought type 1130 was air cooled.

if it was air-cooled, I wouldn't be sure if you could ever see more than "just 2 seconds of ciws"
of course assuming you meant continuous fire
#427 Xsizor, Wednesday at 9:26 PM

did you?