Blackstone
Brigadier
Great looking Cutters, but they should put 76mm cannons and remote control mini-guns on them.
China Coast Guard and Patrol vessels
- Thread starter crobato
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Geographer
Junior Member
It's smart for China to keep its coast guard vessels unarmed to avoid the appearance of militarizing the South China Sea disputes. Keeping those vessels unarmed reduces the risk of a miscalculation that could start a war, and allows China to hold the moral high ground in a clash.
What are the two holes in the bow?
What are the two holes in the bow?
Bow thrusters for lateral maneuver. Many modern cruise ships and large ships have bow/stern thrusters.
that's HP, HD does not build cutters.
joshuatree
Captain
Chuandong Shipbuilding
fabolousguy
New Member
side propulsion system, increase ship's manuveribility
Funny you should mention that; recently we had pictures of JNCX with a rather large something outside...
Apparently, what looks like one big ship (with an AOR like bridge/superstructure at the bow) is actually two ships in tandem. The module closer to the camera may be the 12k.
In the third photo you can see the aft module with what seems to be a helipad (currently lacking hangar?) alongside a newly launched 052D (maybe number 5?). The aft half of the mystery aft module is almost as long as the 052D, which I think gives some indication as to just how big it will end up being. Whether it actually is the 12k is another matter...
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Holy J-um that is one hell of unit first time we have seen the structure together
We had seen modules for it but this just shows how big the cutter is going to be
Truly awesome sight can't wait to see it sailing in the water
The rear end looks like it's going to have lots of activity going on might have two decks or maybe one with large operating platform
Either way this is excellent news!!!!
We had seen modules for it but this just shows how big the cutter is going to be
Truly awesome sight can't wait to see it sailing in the water
The rear end looks like it's going to have lots of activity going on might have two decks or maybe one with large operating platform
Either way this is excellent news!!!!