FFG 054/054A Thread

[tphuang]

Alright, guys. i have to warn, 40 pictures of 054A from HP are about to show up. These are of showing the 2nd 054A from HP is about to be launched. Of note, the guy who took these photos said that there is definitely a 3rd one according to the people he talked to in the shipyard.

This is photo from the morning of 17th.

 

[tphuang]

these are from the evening of the 17th, the ship has yet to be launched here.

 

[tphuang]

more from the same night, not a lot going on, but nice shots. I did not post on imageshack, because it will just take too long to upload 40 photos that way.

 

[tphuang]

this is from the morning of the 18th, the ship is slowly moving out. Almost like watching a video.

 

[tphuang]

more from the morning of the 18th, actually, interesting enough, you can see the shots of VLS quite clear with this one, although it's still covered up.

 

[tphuang]

even better shots of the VLS + main gun and the front of the ship here.

 

[tphuang]

shots showing all 3 054s together, 526, first 054A and the one about to be launched.

 

[tphuang]

final photos of 054A from the evening of the 18th. Still hasn't touched water yet.

 

[tphuang]

two more clear shots of VLS
interestingly enough, they mentionned that the 2nd 054A in HD has already been launched, but no photo has come out yet. So, I'm just waiting right now. By a generous count, they've basically launched 4 054As in 5 months. Quite a rapid pace. Anyhow, still waiting for the 3rd 054A in HP to move in for final assembly and for the launching pictures of the 2nd 054A in HD. We should have them any day now.

Editted, the guy who posted this picture said that the 2nd 054A in HP is suppose to be launched on the eve of 18th, (must have launched already), but he didn't stay long enough for the photos. Anyway, a little more of what he wrote.

从白天在江边听来的消息是今晚（18）涨潮到最高的时候完全下水。也就是九点后的两三个小时，可以说，你们看到图片时候，HP的三号在水中了。。。。。。可惜没有车回，我拍不到。。。。

今天听到的，
1，15，8亿一条
2，两条两条签的。第三条是一定有的，第四嘛，，，没有说
3，上面有什么弹多少不是重点，关键是跟踪系统，已搞定。
4，HP也要搬家到南沙，因为要造大的

出处是几个大伯，他们在七十年代在HP造了17条潜艇。。。。

from what he heard:
1. He wrote each 054A is 1.58 billion yuan? (or maybe it's 1.5 billion or 800 million, not sure exactly). So, after conversion, that's anywhere from 100 to 200 million USD per ship.
2. the ships are signed in batches of 2s. There is definitely a third under construction, didn't say anything about a 4th.
3. Not important how many missiles are on the ship, but rather the important part is that the tracking system (sensors) are all finalized. Not sure if he is talking about the first 2 or the second batch of 2.
4. Also HP is about to be located to Nansha for expansion reasons.

 

[bd popeye]

Nice tphuang..very nice! Too bad that fellow does not have some up to date pictures of the Varyag.

Great detail on these pictures. No doubt now that this class is very important to the PLAN.