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PLA Launches Fourth Type 052d 'chinese Aegis' Destroyer

TYpe 055 will certainly have more VLS cells and carry more missiles than 052D, but not as many as 128X8...

Type 055, at least the 1st batch of the class, will focus on air-defence at the expense of land attack ablilites, for which China has opted for submarine-launched conventional and nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.

To clarify, the number of up to 8 missiles per VLS will be the much smaller and shorter range medium range missiles like a version of the navalised SD-10.

The single missile that will fit into each of the VLS cells will be the largest and longest-ranged, maybe the rumoured HQ-26 SAM.

All this is speculation but we can see the ship could potentially carry up to 1000 missiles or more if required.
 
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Allow BD and Pakistan to buy one each(2 billion dollars per ship?) and see the Indians wetting their pants!

the day BD will acquire it,next day Jammatis here will cry foul for transferring that ship to India??or atleast for some RAW recruited naval officers who got the charge of that ship.moral of the story,BD will remain where it is now.
 
the day BD will acquire it,next day Jammatis here will cry foul for transferring that ship to India??or atleast for some RAW recruited naval officers who got the charge of that ship.moral of the story,BD will remain where it is now.

It was a joke btw,

China will not be giving this ship to Pakistan , let alone BD. Anyway BD could not possibly afford 2 billion dollars for a single ship.

It represents their highest level of technology and will not be sold to anyone.

The Type-052C destroyer may become available towards the latter part of the decade:smitten:
 
To clarify, the number of up to 8 missiles per VLS will be the much smaller and shorter range medium range missiles like a version of the navalised SD-10.

The single missile that will fit into each of the VLS cells will be the largest and longest-ranged, maybe the rumoured HQ-26 SAM.

All this is speculation but we can see the ship could potentially carry up to 1000 missiles or more if required.

96 VLS cells are far more likely.

Type 055 is an air-defence DDG, and as such it won't be equipped with HQ-26 for anti-missile missions, although I won't rule out the inclusion of such capabilities for 055A or later variants .
 
why they're calling it Chinese Aegis??there is no Aegis comparable system(read missiles) installed in it.one miight compare SM-2 with HQ-9,but where is SM-3 comparable system??or is it that the role of serving as Anti Air warfare system is the reason??
Mate, "Aegis" system is not missiles such as SM, main for Aegis Combat System (ACS) is an advanced command and control (command and decision, or C&D, in Aegis parlance), and weapon control system (WCS) that uses powerful computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets
Four AN/SPY-1 Radar and the countrol system are the main role, tracking hundreds target
 
Type 052D destroyer is 155 meters long, 18 meters wide, that's bigger than Ticonderoga cruiser. Type 055 destroyer is expected to be about 170 meters long, 24 meters wide.

So now there are 3 Type 052D on sea trial. That's as many Zumwalt as there will ever be. When the next US financial crisis hits next year, expect Zumwalt number to be cut from 3 to 1.
 
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Mate, "Aegis" system is not missiles such as SM, main for Aegis Combat System (ACS) is an advanced command and control (command and decision, or C&D, in Aegis parlance), and weapon control system (WCS) that uses powerful computers and radars to track and guide weapons to destroy enemy targets
Four AN/SPY-1 Radar and the countrol system are the main role, tracking hundreds target

got that after searching some elements in net.PLAN refers to their phased-array radar air-defense destroyers as Aegis destroyers.do Type-52D enables data sharing with other ships like Aegis do??
 
96 VLS cells are far more likely.

Type 055 is an air-defence DDG, and as such it won't be equipped with HQ-26 for anti-missile missions, although I won't rule out the inclusion of such capabilities for 055A or later variants .

We shall have to wait and see.

not in this decade.later part of next decade perhaps.


When the Type-55 comes out, then PLA will have Type-55, Type-052D and Type-052C.

They may not feel their national security will be compromised by offering their Type-052C to countries such as Pakistan.

Thailand has already been offered the Type-054A frigate and that is the best frigate that China has even now.

BD certainly will not be able to buy Type-052C if it was offered this decade. A frigate with 24-32 VLS cells containing medium range missiles will be more suitable.

I think that both Pakistan and BD will go for frigates rather than destroyers as they are more suitable for both navies anyway.
 
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got that after searching some elements in net.PLAN refers to their phased-array radar air-defense destroyers as Aegis destroyers.do Type-52D enables data sharing with other ships like Aegis do??

Type 052D uses a Link 16 equivalent. Type 052D is far more advanced than early Arleigh Burke Flight. In particular, Type 052D's sonar, which is kept secret, is far more advanced than early Arleigh Burke's sonar.

Type 052D destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Thailand has already been offered the Type-054A frigate and that is the best frigate that China has even now.


Thailand has had a good relationship with China for probably 1,000 years already.

The current Thai Princess is half-Chinese. All Thai post ww2 Prime Ministers have been ethnic Chinese.

That's why IMO China has no issue with offering 054A to Thailand.
 
Type 052D destroyer is 155 meters long, 18 meters wide, that's bigger than Ticonderoga cruiser. Type 055 destroyer is expected to be about 170 meters long, 24 meters wide.

So now there are 3 Type 052D on sea trial. That's as many Zumwalt as there will ever be. When the next US financial crisis hits next year, expect Zumwalt number to be cut from 3 to 1.

LOL! That destroyer 52D is not bigger than the Tico cruiser. Check your facts, or you just like to blabber nonsense.
 
LOL! That destroyer 52D is not bigger than the Tico cruiser. Check your facts, or you just like to blabber nonsense.
It is not like the bigger the better, 052D carrys HQ9B SAM with range more than 150 plus, and YJ62 anti-ship missile with more than 300 KM. That's called strong fire power in the making. PLA navy need at least 30 plus ships like 052d to escort the CBG and replace the old destroyers.

PLA navy will be the strongest navy in west pacific region at year 2025. With 6 plus CBGs and dozens of agies system shipborn destroyers we can wipe out any enemy standing in our way. Hope your cute economy could withstand the confrontation.
 

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