055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[Blitzo]

Still waiting for the top-down view, to count the VLS cells as well as see if the bow is indeed the stealth-optimised enclosed design as rumoured.

We've had pictures of the bow before during construction, and we also know the mooring and anchor equipment are all enclosed below the top deck, what else is there to wonder about?

 

[Blitzo]

some bigger photos

 

[MwRYum]

We've had pictures of the bow before during construction, and we also know the mooring and anchor equipment are all enclosed below the top deck, what else is there to wonder about?

The finished product is what matters.

 

[Blitzo]

The finished product is what matters.

I could understand you if you want to wait for clear photos to confirm, but we've had pretty clear photos of what the bow is like, with the structures enclosed... unless you think for some reason they added additional anchoring and mooring equipment on top I don't really see how you could say that the enclosed bow is "rumoured" instead of simply being shown by earlier photos.

 

[SinoSoldier]

Older photo of the 055, pre-launch:



A couple of interesting points:
- Chinese MoD has confirmed that the 055 will be equipped with air defense, anti-missile, anti-ship, & anti-submarine weapons, and will possess strong information processing, air defense, anti-missile, and naval combat capabilities
- The vessel is rumored to be equipped with a new MRSAM

 

[Tyloe]

Can't wait for stern shots and see the towed array ports. If my hunch is right we should see ports for a VDS, TASS, and towed decoy array setup similar to 052D.

 

[MwRYum]

Wow! This beauty looks much more stealthier than other 10k+ cruisers like Ticonderoga/Sejong which are obviously older. Considering how China was still building 052B 12 years ago, she seems to have caught up to everyone else but the US at this point.

Fair to be told, it took China almost 3 decades to introduce RCS-reducing hull design features first introduced by the French's La Fayette-class FFG, Ticonderoga class is a 30+ years old design and the Sejong-class was essentially an enlarged design of the Arleigh Bruke-class DDG, which is almost 30 years old now.
055's full-size above-deck mockup first seen in 2014...to say the least, in 3 decades Chinese shipbuilding hopped from producing post-WW2 designs to modern designs, squeezed 70+ years of learning curve into 30+ years, that's no small feat.

 

[Blitzo]

Fair to be told, it took China almost 3 decades to introduce RCS-reducing hull design features first introduced by the French's La Fayette-class FFG, Ticonderoga class is a 30+ years old design and the Sejong-class was essentially an enlarged design of the Arleigh Bruke-class DDG, which is almost 30 years old now.
055's full-size above-deck mockup first seen in 2014...to say the least, in 3 decades Chinese shipbuilding hopped from producing post-WW2 designs to modern designs, squeezed 70+ years of learning curve into 30+ years, that's no small feat.

But what does that say about all the competent and advanced navies out there which don't have the kind of hull RCS reduction features that La Fayette had thirty years ago? JMSDF, ROKN, RAN, etc?

Well, I think the answer is that some of the RCS reduction features that you describe which was on the La Fayette FFG all those years ago are not necessarily "advanced" or inherently difficult to implement, but rather the question navies face is whether the reduction in that RCS is worth the extra cost.


I think the 055's design is the Navy being willing to fork out extra for a bit of extra RCS reduction rather than the shipbuilding industry somehow being unable to implement such a ship until recently.

 

[by78]

A few more... By the way, any info. on the bow sonar array?

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[Deino]

Congrats ....