Type 055 DDG News & Discussions

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[FuturePAF]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523508388306378754

Stealthy ASW helicopters, Railguns, HGV AShBM... one hell of a capable ship the next version is shaping up to be, but how many will be build?

 

[S10]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523508388306378754

Stealthy ASW helicopters, Railguns, HGV AShBM... one hell of a capable ship the next version is shaping up to be, but how many will be build?

Why would China rip off the failed Zumwalt class? China has its own design.

 

[johncliu88]

Why would China rip off the failed Zumwalt class? China has its own design.

I will fully agree with you. China doesn't need this kind of abandon design. The 055 design has been a great success and even been adopted by US, which showed the next concept design is clearly in heavy bias of 055.

 

[FuturePAF]

Why would China rip off the failed Zumwalt class? China has its own design.

I don’t know why did would do it, but they seem to be experimenting with the hull design. Let’s wait and see.

China's New Naval Mystery: Mini Zumwalt Stealth Vessel - Naval News

What appears at first sight to be a U.S. Navy Zumwalt Class destroyer, is actually something quite different. A new and mysterious boat has been observed in China.

www.navalnews.com

 

[lcloo]

I don’t know why did would do it, but they seem to be experimenting with the hull design. Let’s wait and see.

China's New Naval Mystery: Mini Zumwalt Stealth Vessel - Naval News

What appears at first sight to be a U.S. Navy Zumwalt Class destroyer, is actually something quite different. A new and mysterious boat has been observed in China.

www.navalnews.com

It is more like China is building stealth ships similar to Zumwalt to test its radar returns and to test its perfomance to find out the pro and con of this hull design.

 

[FuturePAF]

It is more like China is building stealth ships similar to Zumwalt to test its radar returns and to test its perfomance to find out the pro and con of this hull design.

Perhaps, although they could have build smaller scale models but you maybe right. We won’t know till we see something far along to be definite one way or the other. OSINT in the early stages of a project is hard when it comes to the PLA/PLAN

 

[Abid123]

Is Type 055 destroyer or a cruiser?

 

[Wergeland]

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Sexay

Quite possibly the most esthetically pleasing boat ever put into naval service.

 

[S10]

Is Type 055 destroyer or a cruiser?

Destroyer that's larger and more heavily armed than American cruisers

 

[LKJ86]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1523508388306378754

Stealthy ASW helicopters, Railguns, HGV AShBM... one hell of a capable ship the next version is shaping up to be, but how many will be build?

Why would you take that unofficial CG so seriously?

 

[FuturePAF]

Why would you take that unofficial CG so seriously?

It’s not the first rumor that hinted at a Zumwalt style hull design being considered for an evolution of the Type 55 design, and this piece of art showed all aspects of the new design so I decided to share it.

 

[Wergeland]

It’s not the first rumor that hinted at a Zumwalt style hull design being considered for an evolution of the Type 55 design, and this piece of art showed all aspects of the new design so I decided to share it.

I thought PLAN deliberately steered away from the tumblehome design.

 

[FuturePAF]

I thought PLAN deliberately steered away from the tumblehome design.

Perhaps they may adopt it for a different class of ship or very well may adopt it for a large surface vessel. We don’t know at this point. But they are studying the design, so we shouldn’t be surprised if a PLAN platform within a tumbledown design emerges in the coming years.

 

[Super Falcon]

China testing new 29 barrel CIWS to integrate on future type 55 DDG destroyer protection