Design for the 055A is already being worked on. It's expected to host integrated electric propulsion, ASAT/midcourse ABMs, compact 33MJ railguns & directional energy weapons (lasers, microwave, etc.)
Since when did SAC establish a research institute in Yangzhou? I wonder if it's because it wants to know the secret of the fountain of the youth that's famous for being there?
After all, ~江出扬州泽万民
Happy to help. The main gun is the 30mm H/PJ-17 gun, it is slightly modified from PLAN's type 056's secondary gun/CIWS. This gun is also mounted on the Bangladesh C13B corvette.
PMSA vessels'/Bangladesh C13Bs' 30mm gun
PLAN Type 056's 30mm gun
For those wanting to see the full view of the vessels... Enjoy! :partay:
P.S. The ships in the background are newly built China Coast Guard ships including the Type 056 CCG variant (on the left) and the Type 054 CCG variant (on the right most side)
Weird how the PLA never needed the beating/SM humiliation, cuz all that torture just made one of our southern neighbour into sissies and lose and surrender in wars. :D
Or....is it because the "beating and humiliation" they get as a cadet is meant to get them grow accustomed to being "beaten" in...
Should be very soon, I just did abit more digging and it seems that “西江1070” (The temporary name and pennant # that's given to one of these boats) started sea trials some time ago, around September 30th.
IMO The L-15 would be been a good trainer for PAF's fleet of single seated JF-17s. Additional, the latest L-15 already has AESA integrated into it, and the ability to launch pretty much any and every weapon the JF-17 has.
The payload in CZ-5's maiden flight was already 13t (YZ-2+SJ-17) to GTO.
On top of that, the full payload capacity of CZ-5 will be needed during the Change-5 lunar mission in 2017 and the Mars mission in 2020.
The already disclosed Chinese Space Station modules are >20 ton each, so they can...