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Any news on the equivalent Chinese programme?

Navy Quietly Fires 20 Hyper Velocity Projectiles Through Destroyer’s Deckgun
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Last summer USS Dewey (DDG-105) fired 20 hyper velocity projectiles (HVP) from a standard Mk 45 5-inch deck gun in a quiet experiment that’s set to add new utility to the weapon found on almost every U.S. warship, officials familiar with the test have told USNI News.

“So if you think about the kinds of threats you might face in the Middle East, the lower-end cruise missiles or a larger UAV, now you have a way to shoot them down that doesn’t require you use a $2 million ESSM or $1 million RAM because a hyper velocity projectile – even in the highest-end estimates have it in the $75,000 to $100,000 range, and that’s for the fanciest version of it with an onboard seeker,” he said.

An added benefit of using HVP in powder guns is the gun’s high rate of fire and a large magazine capacity.

“You can get 15 rounds a minute for an air defense mission as well as a surface-to-surface mission,” Clark said. “That adds significant missile defense capacity when you think that each of those might be replacing a ESSM or a RAM missile. They’re a lot less expensive.”

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There are possibly four units in the water at Jiangnan, if the second photo was taken at the same time as the first, but I'm not sure about that.

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by78 said:
There are possibly four units in the water at Jiangnan, if the second photo was taken at the same time as the first, but I'm not sure about that.
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Four units = 3x Type 055 + 1x 052D ... or even all four 055s ???
 
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Deino said:
Four units = 3x Type 055 + 1x 052D ... or even all four 055s ???
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Clearly if the two photos are of a similar date.. Then, there are 4 type 055s .. The one in the 2nd photo seems to have scaffolding on its masts while the ones in the first photo dont. If however, the photos are separated by some weeks, then the ship in the 2nd photo might just be one of the ships in the 1st photo.
 
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