It would be rather weird for PLAN destroyers to lack a stand-off ASW rocket.
It is far more plausible to assume that such a weapon/capability exists and simply hasn't been shown in public yet.
PLAN Torpedos
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It is far more plausible to assume that such a weapon/capability exists and simply hasn't been shown in public yet.
Maybe. But I fail to see why it would be weird, considering their operational priorities. Furthermore we seem to get imagery even of relatively bespoke systems like YJ-20 getting launched from 055, in addition to the established YJ-18 and HHQ-9 shots. Yet a comparably pedestrian thing like an ASROC type capability escapes attention? That seems a little implausible to me.
TBH I wouldn't be surprised if UVLS would have a VLA type weapon developed for it as well, simply for completion and for having a standoff organic ASW weapon to a ship.
YJ-20 was a rather unique case imo, and we've only seen it once.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are plentiful weapons we haven't seen that have been integrated (even before the parade happened)
Well, we have never seen YJ-17 nor YJ-19 before 9.3 doesn’t mean they are not equipped by PLAN before.
Do we know if there is a sub-launched version of this? Like the old US SUBROC but with conventional LWT instead of NDB. It could be useful for prosecuting long range submarine targets.