055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[Jura The idiot]

Outstanding.

The Aussies know what they are about and putting the CEC on their new ships will make them all the more capable, particularly when operating with the US, or if the Japanese and Kooreans have it too...with them as well.

yeah the Far East is the region to watch!

to my dismay, the RN abandoned the CEC long ago:

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dated June 2012

 

[by78]

Another Dalian update... Hull sections for another 055 are in the background waiting to be assembled.

(1444 x 960)

 

[Jura The idiot]

now noticed the tweet

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055's approach tracking radar mounted on the side of hangar door to aide large unmanned helicopter landing on the helipad, similar equipment can be found on CV Liaoning and USN LCS. Via 中外舰闻

 

[by78]

Another nice size comparison...

(2048x1555)

 

[by78]

Hmm, looks like some made a math error when converting 85 cm to inches ( not sure who, will go correct)

Sorry to bother you again, but the error is still uncorrected.

 

[by78]

And we are back to Dalian, this time we have a side profile...

(2018 x 1462)

 

[Deino]

And we are back to Dalian, this time we have a side profile...

(2018 x 1462)

And why is there something blurred out? .. another 055 in the making or something different?

 

[taxiya]

And why is there something blurred out? .. another 055 in the making or something different?

Yes, you are looking at something that you are not supposed to look at.

Check post #5942, to the leftmost of the photo just above the bow of 055 in the front.

 

[by78]

And why is there something blurred out? .. another 055 in the making or something different?

Yes, modules for another 055 are blurred out.

 

[Jura The idiot]

now noticed the tweet

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Encore beaucoup d'inconnues à lever... à part son numéro de coque 101. Photo via 捣蛋补队

Translated from French by

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Still many unknowns to lift... except its hull number 101. Photo via 捣蛋补队