That's like saying a high school quarterback being compared to a NFL quarterback is a "fair" comparison just because they're both quarterbacks. Yeah, that sounds fair.
Now that is straight up a "Muh American stuff are forever better than anyone's" line of thought. Maybe put some effort in taking an objective comparison and "rebut" by saying something like
"Broadly" as used here is absolutely and unequivocally a weasel word, inserted to mean literally whatever you want it to mean. If you think that a ship that is one third smaller and carries one third less VLS cells and half as many helicopters, then you're welcome to use the word "broadly" as much as you feel like. That doesn't mean I need to have any inclination to agree with you.
I would have thought the differences are so plain to see that they are self-evident. Clearly for you they are not, and you seem to have taken my assumption as some kind of slight against Chinese naval shipbuilding or something of that nature. Seriously? I am not a "USN lover". I am, however, quite realistic, unlike MANY of the people on this forum, who aren't just PLA lovers, they are straight up PLA fanbois with little to no reason or common sense. Look, it doesn't take much more than Google to figure out the differences between an Arleigh Burke and a 052D. Making this comparison is about as dumb as comparing a European "frigate" to a Type 054A and saying they are "broadly" similar to each other in terms of capabilities. Ok sure whatever, they are "broadly" similar.
If it isn't broadly similar then it should be pretty simple and easy to pick a subsystem common to both these ship class and evaluate. That's all is required. If you think Chinese ships are inferior, do point out the area."Broadly" as used here is absolutely and unequivocally a weasel word, inserted to mean literally whatever you want it to mean. If you think that a ship that is one third smaller and carries one third less VLS cells and half as many helicopters, then you're welcome to use the word "broadly" as much as you feel like. That doesn't mean I need to have any inclination to agree with you.
I would have thought the differences are so plain to see that they are self-evident. Clearly for you they are not, and you seem to have taken my assumption as some kind of slight against Chinese naval shipbuilding or something of that nature. Seriously? I am not a "USN lover". I am, however, quite realistic, unlike MANY of the people on this forum, who aren't just PLA lovers, they are straight up PLA fanbois with little to no reason or common sense. Look, it doesn't take much more than Google to figure out the differences between an Arleigh Burke and a 052D. Making this comparison is about as dumb as comparing a European "frigate" to a Type 054A and saying they are "broadly" similar to each other in terms of capabilities. Ok sure whatever, they are "broadly" similar.
Why should even have to resort to that? Did you not read the paragraph that I wrote in response to AndrewS just above my response to you, that you quoted in your response? This is what I mean when I compare an NFL QB to a high school QB. The former is larger and has significantly more weapons than the latter. This is not a fair comparison just because they are both called QBs/destroyers.
aah.So it was simply because they had different tonnage. That seems to rest that then. Okey dokey. The two ships are not comparable because they have a size difference. Moving on.