PLAN Sovremenny DDG 136, 137, 138 & 139 Thread

steve_rolfe

Junior Member
So, really the article was probably showing us 2 things the removal of the Anti-ship missiles from a 'Sov'.............and the rear structure from a Trimaren.......correct? ;)
 
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asif iqbal

Lieutenant General
No question those Sovs are under going deep refit not just upgrade

In addition lets not forget that 167, 168 and 169 are also going through a similar heavy refit

Next in line are 115,116 and 112 and 113

This will add 11 very modern warships to PLAN

Add to that 6 x Type 052C

That's 18 units

Then you have the streamlined Type 052D production to 12 or more

That's 30 x DDG

Now those 11 could make a massive difference and that is a sign of a good naval plan to upgrade existing units and keeping them on par with modern DDG

In a time of crisis they could make all the difference and China is not being irresponsible with its resources

Good going
 

lcloo

Captain
112 and 113 have already done their mid-life upgrade refit, so only minor refits can be expected.

Only 167,136 and 137 are for MLU at this moment.

168 and 169 are due in around 4 or 5 years time, so are 138 and 139.

More interesting is what type of MLU would 170 and 171 get when their time come, will they get what 052D is having?
 
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MwRYum

Major
Current status of 136 and 137. A lot of weight had been off loaded from 136, note the water line is very high. Possible engine had been off loaded too?

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Off loading all the weapons could be the reason, if the engines are off-loaded as well, that's no small surgery, as they'd have to cut open a few decks to get there.
 

steve_rolfe

Junior Member
Off loading all the weapons could be the reason, if the engines are off-loaded as well, that's no small surgery, as they'd have to cut open a few decks to get there.

Yes, it looks like the 'Sovs', will take a lot of hard work to update, obviously being initially a Russian design, makes things harder. We may have to wait quite a while to see the end result of the updates.
What i wait to see is what new weapon suites will be added to these ships.
 
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