Hmm, wasn't CJ-10 never integrated with UVLS? I seem to remember there was some discussion awhile back on the subject.
052C/052D Class Destroyers
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Hmm, wasn't CJ-10 never integrated with UVLS? I seem to remember there was some discussion awhile back on the subject.
Apparently all 32 front VLS cells on the 052D should have a depth of 9m
My initial assumption is that there is a ship-launched variant?
But if CJ-10 isn't integrated with the UVLS, then the YJ-18A (and perhaps YJ-18C as well) alongside rocket-boosted torpedoes (e.g. Yu-8) would be the only hot-launched missiles fired from the UVLS.
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There was considerable discussion on it over the years, but I thought they ended up going with land-attack YJ-18 variants instead. For example, from @Blitzo:
PLAN Anti-ship/surface missiles
The thing is that PLA may name the same thing in totally unrelated ways. Take the so called CJ-10 for example. At the very beginning, it was seen labelled DH-10 (believed to be 东海－１０), then we see DF-10A (东风-10A) in the parade among the rocket force formation (2nd Artillery at that time)...
www.sinodefenceforum.com
My understanding is that the only definitive confirmed hot launch weapon from UVLS at this stage (i.e. visually sighted) is YJ-18A.
Of course that doesn't say much because we only have three visually confirmed weapons with UVLS overall: the hot launched YJ-18A the cold launched HHQ-9 (variant unknown) and cold launched YJ-20.
I thought it was agreed by most that the 052D class has about 16 total 9m deep cells?Apparently all 32 front VLS cells on the 052D should have a depth of 9m
That is wrong. I mean, just look at the pics above.
I personally don't see how that answers the question? Unless you mean the images with the translation which I can't read. I was just operating off other comments I've read in other threads from years prior including from @Blitzo on the number of 9m deep cells on the 052D class, so I thought it was generally accepted and known by most.
Are there any photos of the YJ-18 being launched from the aft VLS cells? If so, it could imply that all cells on the 052D have 9 m depth.Apparently all 32 front VLS cells on the 052D should have a depth of 9m
The photos show the YJ-18 being launched from both ends of the VLS blocks, implying that all cells within those VLS blocks are 9 m in depth, since the YJ-18 is close to 9 m long. All cells within a VLS block should share the same depth.
I see what you mean now. If that's the case, then the 052D can pack even more punch than I thought. 16x YJ-18s or any assortment of the other AShMs was already very good and powerful. Makes me wonder then what the number is for the 055 (50-60+?).