Indian Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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thunderchief
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Looks like Kh-35 . Considering the configuration of carrier and maximum take-off weight , I guess they will form strike groups of 4 , max 6 planes . That means 8 , max 12 , missiles - not enough to attack large CSGs , but enough to attack small flotillas made of frigates and/or destroyers .
asif iqbal
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At 2:30 in translation he says before they never had air con or access to fresh water, but on this FFG he said they have AC which keeps them cool and access to fresh water for showering 24 hours a day
This does not mean there is a desalination plant on board but I'm curious if it does or not, if so it would be huge development
I don't think we ever had any confirmation of desalination plants on board Chinese warships
Partly because I don't think it's been something we need to "confirm" — it's always been something you see as normal and standard, even on older ships.
asif iqbal
Banned Idiot
Reason I say is because the Type 903 always go into ports during Aden missions for Fuel, food and fresh water
It's routinely reported that they dock ports to take on fresh water, so kind of confusing since resuppying fresh water could sometimes be expensive it would be much easier to just desalinate onboard the replenishment tankers, no doubt the fuel consumption sky rockets when on board desalination units are running but it's part of the over all capability the Type 903 should bring
Whoa dejavu I swear there was a similar discussion regarding desalination a while ago.
And like you said, desalination for every task would be an inefficacious use of the machine and fuel etc. For instance, the fresh water their AORs take on board is probably just drinking water, whereas desalination plants onboard each ship would be used for showers, running machinery, washing, etc. So news of 903s "resupplying fresh water" actually doesn't wholly convey the whole story.
I also wonder if simply buying bottled water in bulk and storing it on 903 would be cheaper than desalination at sea.
asif iqbal
Banned Idiot
Now that's a good point, water is of two uses, drinking and secondly for everything else, plus you can't drink desalinated water can you??
Maybe they make water for everything else and then they do port visits for fresh water which is for drinking
I wonder when they are doing the side by side replenishments are they doing fresh water for drinking or for general water usage, I think that is general water replenishment for washing etc because usually they have pressure gauges attached
For drinking water I would think they do that through VERTREP, grey area thinks me
Pretty sure side by side replenishments are for fuel (assuming you're talking about the pipes they connect ships with).
And almost all modern chinese ships should have desalination plants, and the only necessity for water replenishment from the AOR would be crates of bottled water for drinking I think. It's not like they source desalinated water from the AOR itself... because each ship has their own plant anyway.