I was just curious as to what systems China uses. Both imported and domestic made systems. Including cannons, missiles, chaff, IR decoys and jamming systems. I take it AK-630's are typical, but what else? Has China looked to import systems typical to the European theater? Like Goalkeeper or the Millennium gun perhaps.
Chinese Navy point defense systems.
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SinoSoldier
Colonel
Why import when they have their own systems like Type 730, Type 730B, Type 1130 which has a rate of fire at 11000 rounds per minute, can intercept missiles up to Mach 4 in speed, and in tests obtain a 96% success rate? They also have their FL-3000N and FL-2000 missiles which few countries produce yet.
1) Due to arms embargoment, European countries are not allow to export their weapons out to China, so it is pretty impossible for China to obtain Goalkeeper and Millennium through legal ways.
2) China had her own CIWS (Type 730, Type 1130) which was as effective as the Europeans one... and I think they have their own version of the RAM system too so they really do not need to import any other CIWS from any of the european countries.
Would be interesting to know if that 96% success rate is tested at Mach 4, or at some lower designated speed, like Mach 2-2.5. If they can obtain 96% at Mach 4, there should be little problem intercepting missiles like Brahmos and subsonic AshM/CM.
According to this website, it stated that the test was to intercept anti-ship missiles of Mach 4.
However, I am not too sure of the validity of this web as they didn't actually state the source they get the data from.
It's probably a computer simulation, and a couple of real validation tests maybe. No way they can test it enough with real Mach 4 missiles to arrive at 96%.
kwaigonegin
Colonel
What I like to know is the type of ammo used on Chinese CIWS. For example on the AK 1130, do they use depleted uranium rounds or more exotic tungsten alloy rounds?
