Next Generation Destroyer thread (after 055, 052D)
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Any proof for this?
Two hints by @勤劳朴实罗素历 on Weibo on what the PLAN's next-generation surface combatants could/would be like:
1. The displacement of next-generation DDGs and FFGs will be a significant leap over the previous-generations, while either retaining the same number of weapon systems deployed onboard, or that the number will be slightly increased.
2. IPS (Integrated Power System) only has a very small chance to be adopted on next-generation DDGs and FFGs, albeit widespread adoption of IPS on larger surface ships in the future is affirmative (with the 076 LHD very likely to be the first IPS-warship in the PLAN).
1. The displacement of next-generation DDGs and FFGs will be a significant leap over the previous-generations, while either retaining the same number of weapon systems deployed onboard, or that the number will be slightly increased.
2. IPS (Integrated Power System) only has a very small chance to be adopted on next-generation DDGs and FFGs, albeit widespread adoption of IPS on larger surface ships in the future is affirmative (with the 076 LHD very likely to be the first IPS-warship in the PLAN).
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The next gen warship will be whatever precedes the 054B; an 054C or 05X FFG.
After that it will be a Med DDG to succeed 052D. A roughly 9K ton destroyer with 80-90 VLS cells.
Both might be build concurrently. Signs of the DDG might appear after/during the construction of the two carriers.
This is my take on the matter.
After that it will be a Med DDG to succeed 052D. A roughly 9K ton destroyer with 80-90 VLS cells.
Both might be build concurrently. Signs of the DDG might appear after/during the construction of the two carriers.
This is my take on the matter.
If the 054B works out there will be no need to consider a "054C" or "05X" FFG for quite a while. A medium displacement 052D successor would easily happen long before that. The PLAN clearly made a choice for lower tech/higher volume with the 054B (in contrast to the USN's Constellation FFG), so we will not see anything fancier than that design any time soon.