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There is no way that F22P can be 'modified' to be more 'like' 054A.
054/054A has 4 diesel engines while 053/F22P has only two. That's why F22P is only half the size of 054A. F22P is too small for VLS (HHQ-16).
HHQ16 is the first Hot Load VLS air-defense missile employed in the PLAN. As is shown in the image above, it has a 32 unit system for 054A while HHQ7 has only 6 or 8 units. The VLS on 054A has also been reported to be compatible with anti-submarine rockets/missiles recently.
Like the Type 053H3, the F22P reportedly has a CODAD (Combined Diesel and Diesel) propulsion plant. This comprises 2 × Tognum MTU 12V 1163 TB 83 @ 10.5MW, and 2 MTU cruise diesels @ 6.6MW of the F22P rather than the Jiang-Wei's 2 x 18E390VA diesel @ 14,000 hp (17.6 kW) & 2x MTU diesel @ 8,840 hp (6.5 kW)
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You cannot turn F22P into 054a, clearly. But you can adopt same or similar systems e.g. CIWS, Radars etc.
There is no reason to a priorily assume a modified F22P could not mount 2 VLUs (rather than 4 as on 054A): put them crosswise behind eachother rather than lengthwise side by side to minimize width (since F22P is narrower than 054A) and - if necessary - lengthen the hull slightly (insert a hull plug of a couple of meters immediately forward of the bridge). Consider:
- the 054A VLU 'farm' comprises 4 VLUs with 8 cells each, which I expect are dimensionally similar to Mk41. Like Mk41, I expect the 'farm' to be scalable (1, 2, 4, 6 VLUs grouped to get 8, 16, 32, 48 cells). Which mean you could choose to go down from 32 cells on 054A to 16 cells on modF22P
- As you may well know Mk41 VLU comes in 3 different lengths. I expect the Chinese VLU to be equivalent in length to the middle one (tactical, not ESSM tailored 'self defence' and not Tomahawk tailored 'strike' length), which is tailored to ASROC and SM2. SM2 and Buk/HHQ16 being roughly similar in dimensions.
- That Chinese VLU is not much wider (if at all) than the complete HQ7 deck launcher (width: 4 launch canisters + 2 arms)
-Seeing that MEKO 200s can mount 2 Mk41s 'self defence' in the same container as e.g. a 76mm or 127mm cannon, I think it would fit as far as deck space forward of the bridge and behind the main gun is concerned. The only real issue may be whether the hull has sufficient depth to accommodate the length of the launcher (vertically), as this depends on the hullform below the waterline.
VL ASROC RUM-139 Warshot - 192.6 x 16.6 in (485 x 42.2 cm), 1,407 lbs. (633.15 kg)
SM-2 MR RIM-66C, RIM-156 - 175 x 13.5 in (445 x 34 cm), 1,380 lbs. (621 kg)
Shtil Length 5.55 m x Diameter 0.4 m,
(SA-N-7) 9М38 690 kg
(SA-N-12) 9M317ME 581 kg
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/mk-41-vls.htm