Chinese Navy (PLAN) News & Discussions

[cnleio]

Piece of cake.

Fours yards equipped and certified to build CVs

Six yards equipped and certified to build DDGs

Over 10 yards equipped and certified to build FFGs

Three yards equipped and certified to build submarines

Plus a bunch of other yards such as SS and SWS which can easily turn themselves into major naval yards.

Take care, don't make our state bankrupt like today U.S

 

[Beast]

If China keep such fast speed building type052D in each year... i think PLAN will own 20x type052D DDGs until to 2020.

Much faster than older time building type052C DDGs.

Still too slow. It's nothing to launch so many in a year. It's important to get it commission 3-4 in a year time. Currently, PLAN is slow like a snail of commissioning 1-2 type052D a year. We need to get 3-4 operation in a year speed. That means by 2018. Current all type052D operation. That will be enough to intimidate the JMSDF or IN.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Chengdu is the place where the J-20 was born, it deserves to be named after a Type 055.

 

[Beast]

Chengdu is the place where the J-20 was born, it deserves to be named after a Type 055.

And it shall be launched by JN instead of Dalian shipyard. Chengdu is consider southern China.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

And it shall be launched by JN instead of Dalian shipyard. Chengdu is consider southern China.

This rule doesn't apply to the shipyard.

The ship with a southern Chinese city name can be built or deployed in the northern area.

 

[english_man]

Still too slow. It's nothing to launch so many in a year. It's important to get it commission 3-4 in a year time. Currently, PLAN is slow like a snail of commissioning 1-2 type052D a year. We need to get 3-4 operation in a year speed. That means by 2018. Current all type052D operation. That will be enough to intimidate the JMSDF or IN.

True.......yes i think its quite possible that Chinese shipyards could build even quicker, particularly now that they are into production runs of warship classes, therefore the shipyards after working on the earlier vessels, know where they can improve on productivity and construct later vessels quicker.
With the 052D, we should see another vessel commissioned before the end of the year, and at least 2 in 2017. In 2018 we could get 3-4 052D's commissioned, as you hoped.
As we saw with the first 052D, when the Chinese Navy really wants a new vessel quickly to evaluate, the shipyard can build very quickly.

 

[cirr]

The first order of Type 055 DDG is for 4 ships, divided equally between JN and DL.

 

[cirr]

DDG 167

 

[Beast]

DDG 167

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Its a giant Type054A destroyer.

 

[cirr]

Type 001A

 

[terranMarine]

Its a giant Type054A destroyer.

Do we have the designation of this ship yet?

 

[Beast]

Do we have the designation of this ship yet?

I think it will stick with previous designation but it's combat system and air defense got a major upgrade compare to previous.

 

[terranMarine]

I think it will stick with previous designation but it's combat system and air defense got a major upgrade compare to previous.

The weapon upgrades look impressive, must take it out for a spin in SCS

 

[Brainsucker]

Still too slow. It's nothing to launch so many in a year. It's important to get it commission 3-4 in a year time. Currently, PLAN is slow like a snail of commissioning 1-2 type052D a year. We need to get 3-4 operation in a year speed. That means by 2018. Current all type052D operation. That will be enough to intimidate the JMSDF or IN.

The problem is not the hardware, but the manpower. To commissioned a destroyer, you need hundreds of sailors.

And for China, 052D is their elite warship. So they can't recklessly put green recruit there. They must be the best in the fleet. And that's the problem. Elite crew are fewer than the green one. You have to do strict selection, then train them to familiarized with the ship system. That's why in PLAN, big ships like 052C and 052D have slower commissioned rate than the 054A and 056. Green recruit have to serve in the inferior ships first before they can take the helm of the elite one

 

[cirr]

JN-D10 spotted in the right hallway.

Launch this year possible?