More like unofficial CG.
China weapon & radar tech change so much in recent years, China FFG also will be developing.
There is always need for different scenario. Type052D are probably expensive to maintenance. Just like you have F-22 , does not mean you will stop all F-15 and F-16.
How do you define obsolete? I give a very good scenario of having F-22 does not mean your every combat shall be a F-22 in an Air Force , right? Type054A is just like the workhorse of J-10 of PLAAF. When J-20 enter service, does not J-10 shall be replaced by J-20 too. Every inventory has a role to play. Cost is a very important factor in managing your arm forces. China would not want to end up like Soviet Union or greeces who's armed forces bankrupt becos they are managed by fanboy who think every inventory of their armories shall have the best without considering the cost and other factors.
It will always be the funding issue. Those 054A maybe affordable but not neccesarily affordable for others. That is the reason why F-22P is chosen for PN.Are these ships for export , some of these destroyer class are just great , Pakistan needs 3-4 Units so badly so much firepower in one ship , wow
The design is just gorgeous
How sexy is this ship !!! BEAST mode
Look how big it is
The 052C class building plan had end, only 6x in this DDG class no more 052C, later all r 052D or 055 DDG building .
Right now China built 23x 056 corvettes, wiki data will update.
Just in recent Five Years, China built many 052C/D and 054A to the PLAN. China didn't export premium warships to foreign customers, coz PLAN still lack enough modern warships to replace old one like 053.Regarding exports, i can't see the Chinese ever selling their premium warships, to foreign customers, particularly the 052D..............and if they did they would certainly be down graded versions, for security reasons amongst others.........similar as the US navy does to its allies such as Japan.
I did read an article recently from a Russian author suggesting that their Navy should consider buying the 054A Frigate from China, and then retrofitting it with Russian weapons systems. The reason for the idea of purchasing the 054A was that is was a very capable vessel, and wouldn't be too expensive to buy, but the main reason was this would give Russian shipyards time to rebuild themselves up, while the 054A's would quickly add volume to the Russian surface fleet. As i said this is not fact, but a suggestion made!
Don't forget the last few 054A's have had some considerable upgrades, since the earlier ships of the class.
I think though, we are nearing the end of the 054A class anyway, and in the second half of this decade we will see the start of the construction of the next class, ie 054B or 057.
Regarding 052C.............the last 4 of this class, started construction before 052D!..........(its been mentioned before, but to recap), after the intial 2 of the class were built some 10 years ago, Destroyer production in China ceased for sometime, and people wondered why. This was primarily down to the fact that China's premium warship shipyard 'JN' underwent a major change, ie the shipyard moved location, and therefore during the the latter part of the last decade was out of the picture so to speak to construct warships.
When the relocation of 'JN' shipyard was finished, Destroyer construction of the 052C class resumed with a further 4 vessels being constructed. These 4 newer vessels were an improvement on the original 2 vessels, having upgraded electronics, but most notably new gas turbine engines.
After the 6th in class 052C was launched, the next Destroyer constructed was the first in class 052D. Now as this was quite an improvement over the 052C class, the Chinese Navy were obviously very keen to get their hands on this vessel, with its upgraded AEGIS system, and its multi-missile VLS suite, so it has appeared to of had its construction time reduced to get it into service. Meanwhile the last 2 052C's have obviously taken a back seat to the 052D, as shown by the long time they have taken to outfit, and join the fleet.
Therefore to sum up.........the 052C's are now done and dusted, ie no more 052C's!
ps: i like your name :- brainsucker
