Chinese USV Development Thread

[Overbom]

Interesting article on a USV spotted in Guangzhou

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Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese ShipyardView attachment 163558​

Alex Luck has also corroborated the pictures this article and artwork is based on, but adds "the intended role for this new design remains inconclusive, and as a consequence, very much speculative"

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We have not yet seen clear images of the vessel’s forward deck where the missile silos ought to be.

Just wanted to add the above snippet from the article so that people don't get carried away. VLS not confirmed, and if VLS exist, the configuration depicted by the graphic is not based on real imagery evidence

 

[vincent]

Interesting article on a USV spotted in Guangzhou

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Alex Luck has also corroborated the pictures this article and artwork is based on, but adds "the intended role for this new design remains inconclusive, and as a consequence, very much speculative"

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@para80 Can you please share some pics?

 

[pkj]

Interesting article on a USV spotted in Guangzhou

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Alex Luck has also corroborated the pictures this article and artwork is based on, but adds "the intended role for this new design remains inconclusive, and as a consequence, very much speculative"

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This article reminded me that US Navy is getting ready to submit its yearly funding request for 2026....

Trying to cast a small 65m vessel as a proto "arsenal" ship seems a big stretch)

 

[iewgnem]

This article reminded me that US Navy is getting ready to submit its yearly funding request for 2026....

Trying to cast a small 65m vessel as a proto "arsenal" ship seems a big stretch)

You talk as though US government has money to give, or that China didn't just have a parade that already gave them plenty of reason to want more money.

 

[pkj]

You talk as though US government has money to give, or that China didn't just have a parade that already gave them plenty of reason to want more money.

$38 Trillion debt is nothing, nothing I say......

The threat from the 65m arsenal ship must be met with more Freedom Spending!

 

[HailingTX20]

Interesting article on a USV spotted in Guangzhou

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Alex Luck has also corroborated the pictures this article and artwork is based on, but adds "the intended role for this new design remains inconclusive, and as a consequence, very much speculative"

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This was posted a few weeks before that article:



For those who don't speak Chinese: It's basically a user saying that they were on a trip recently where they saw something that looked this, and they are asking what it could be. They didn't dare to take pics, so the sketch is all that they have, and they're also not sure if it's a sub or a ship.

 

[DanWangJZ]

This was posted a few weeks before that article:

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For those who don't speak Chinese: It's basically a user saying that they were on a trip recently where they saw something that looked this, and they are asking what it could be. They didn't dare to take pics, so the sketch is all that they have, and they're also not sure if it's a sub or a ship.

I read Sutton's article but it seems highly speculative atp and he's not willing to release satellite imagery to back the claim. Where'd you find these?