Next Generation DDG and FFG thread (after 055, 052D, 054B)

[Cloud_Nine_]

Eh which way is the front I genuinely can't tell.

 

[Tomboy]

First note: That structure certainly doesn't resemble the fore superstructure on the 055 DDGs (as shown below), let alone the 052D DDGs:

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With the absence of angled faces at the backside of the structure, it seems to suggest that the 4x AESA radar panels are actually group in two pairs (namely, one pair located at the fore superstructure and covering 180 degrees forward, and another pair located at the aft superstructure and covering 180 degrees rearward).

The relative locations of the two AESA radar panels also seem to suggest that the bridge will be located below them and not above (and are situated higher up in the ship's superstructure compared to those on the preceding 052D and 055 DDGs).

Addendum: The structure is about 24-26 meters wide (give-or-take some inaccuracies due to hidden edges) which is even greater than the beam of the 055 DDG.

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Therefore, if this structure is a realistic, 1:1 representation of the real thing - Could this be referring to the 055-successor CG?

Someone said this structure has been around since 2017, if you have access to where exactly this is could you check?

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Someone said this structure has been around since 2017, if you have access to where exactly this is could you check?

Saw comments mentioning the location around Zhenjiang and Nanjing - And that this is likely just a generic test stand which does not necessary conform to any specific ship design.