The Main-Armament Level Of Warships Entering Service

Jura said:

first correcting etc. 47 minutes ago

KAShM =

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KLAM =

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'a Buk' for what I called "Shtil" above: at the bottom of

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(I was guessing a half of ton 47 minutes ago LOL anyway rounded now the total load to integer tons)

will plot soon

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Tam said:

You're computing tubes. Things start to look different and the graph radically changes when you start to compute by missile weight.

Using internet sources, HQ-16 is said to be 615 kg, and the HQ-9 is about 1300 kg. With 32 missiles, a Type 054 carries about 19,680 kg of SAM weight. YJ-83 is said to be around 715 kg of weight, and 8 of them adds 5,720kg. This adds up to a total of 25,400 kg of missile weight. The Type 054A has a full load of just over 4000 tons.

The Type 052D has a full load of 7,500 tons. It carries 64 HQ-9s or have some missiles substitute that. 64 HQ-9s have a total of 83,200 kg of weight. That's actually 3 x over that of the 054A. The HQ-9 does not fully occupy the space of the U-VLS, as the HQ-9 ends with a 6.8m in length, and the U-VLS has 7m and 9m variants. The 9m cells are designed to hold missiles that are bigger than the HQ-9. I could not get weight figures of the YJ-18, but Russian Klub missiles, which the YJ-18 is similar or copied from, ranges from 1300kg to 2300kg depending on Klub family member. The YJ-12 is a humongous 2500 kg. So its possible that the 052D can carry more than 83,000kg of missile weight. So for a ship that has less than double the weight of the other, it can carry more than three times the "war weight".

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Tam said:

... Barak missiles ...

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Published on Feb 8, 2017

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Jura said:

Yesterday at 10:32 PM
from what I figured, the Belharras should get 8 Exocets, A-50 VLS with 16 cells, and should be

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16 more A-50 VLS cells

with 8 AShM tubes and total of 32 VLS cells, they would be "B+" in the picture:

and in the chart further below (if that happened, they would be properly armed according to me, considering their displacement OK that's what Type 054A has, displacing almost the same)

with 8 AShM tubes and total of 16 VLS cells (instead of 32 as above) houp-là! "B-":

check Oct 12, 2017 before looking at the chart in case you cared and didn't know it yet:

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Jura said:

according to DefenseNews Steel cutting to begin for Qatar Navy ships in July, delivery in 2021
source:

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Jura said:

now read at defense24.pl
five (5) of
F-110 Frigate

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to be procured for "about two billion" Euros according to Armada

if true, can't imagine they would get a meaningful armament ... anyone?

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Jura said:

interestingly, Harpoon Block II+ER won in Finland (apparently against the Scandinavians: NSM and Robotsystem-15) ... the story concerns perspective

Squadron 2020

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corvettes which,

if indeed displaced around 1500 t (

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) and got 8 of those Harpoons and 8-cells VLS (this would seem to be the case based on the number of ESSMs they intend to buy:

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),

would be well armed by my standards

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Jura said:

Jan 11, 2018
just to keep this thread going, quickly added as "Q" in blue "a multirole air defense corvette" for Qatar from
Persian Gulf & Middle East Military News, Reports, Data, etc. 17 minutes ago

which should have
24/3.25 = 7.4
if inducted with 8 tubes Exocets and 16 cells for Asters:

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Raytheon Missile Systems has received a $242 million contract to deliver the Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2 system for the Qatari Emiri Navy.

The contract, announced by the US defense department May 10, was awarded to the company by the US Naval Sea Systems Command and includes foreign military sales to the governments of Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey.

The contract is potentially worth $529.7 million, should all options be exercised, and is expected to be completed by 2023.

The Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is already in use by the navies of Turkey and Egypt but this will be the first time the Qatari Navy is acquiring the system.

Back in April 2016, the government of Qatar requested to buy 252 RIM-116C Rolling Airframe Tactical Missiles, and two RIM 116C-2 Rolling Airframe Telemetry Missiles from the US State Department. Also included in the request were support equipment, personnel training, technical and logistics support services, live fire test event support, and other related integration elements.

While it was not specified, the systems are widely expected to be installed on new Qatari Navy vessels which are starting construction this year. Qatar is acquiring a total of seven surface vessels which will be built by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri following the signing of a letter of agreement in June 2016. Fincantieri will build four corvettes of over 100 meters in length, one amphibious vessel (LPD – Landing Platform Dock), and two patrol vessels (OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel) under the contract.

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