Type 022 Missile Boat
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Think deeper Icloo ... old Chinese bouts would be given away at transport costs; without heavy weaponry and associated electronics no need for sophisticated maintenance. Old type engines = simple so any schooled mechanic at maintenace depot can do maintenance and produce spares . . . So apart from higher fuel consumption thei're cheap and the country would not be dependable upon goodwill of another nation to service its boats.
so my question remains ... why has this not been done; what happene to this sizeable fleet of coastal range ships?
so my question remains ... why has this not been done; what happene to this sizeable fleet of coastal range ships?
Looks like the 022s have not stopped production just yet. They've just moved the production away from larger shipyard like Huangpu and JiangNan to smaller shipyard like Guangxi Guijiang Shipyard in this case (located in Wuzhou, Guangxi). This is Janes description of this shipyard
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terrorhunter
Banned Idiot
wow how many of these does the PLA have now? to my knowledge the last count months ago already reached 40+
I don't know where you got that from. It probably reached seventies already if we use planeman's study on it.
terrorhunter
Banned Idiot
any idea where i can get that study from? i searched through this entire thread but cant seem to find it
franco-russe
Senior Member
Look at the top of list of contents and try this:
Sticky: Bluffer's Guide: Chinese Naval Power ( 1 2)
Sticky: Bluffer's Guide: Chinese Naval Power ( 1 2)
From the number of 022 being built, it looked like a large part of PLAN is still focusing in coastal and brown water defences rather than deep blue functions. No many how little crew members a 022 might need, huge number of them still tapped into the manpower resources of the PLAN.
And if the PLAN are a full blue water navy like the US and many European nations, they might not need so much of these small assault boats.
(slightly OT abit here). I am wondering if these 022 can be converted into large unmanned vehicles?
And if the PLAN are a full blue water navy like the US and many European nations, they might not need so much of these small assault boats.
(slightly OT abit here). I am wondering if these 022 can be converted into large unmanned vehicles?