FFG 054/054A Thread

[alopes]

Can someone translate the Chinese text of the article.

 

[optionsss]

it suggests HQ16 is superior than aster 15,
there is a 054E, armed with 8 YU-8 anti-submarine missile.
varyag will enter service before 2010.

something else about H61 in the PAK navy being accurate.

 

[tphuang]

well, from the look of the text, I think he is not that authentic, but that's just my view. This comment is actually not that hard to understand.

 

[su-27]

Pardon Tphuang, I couldn't red this topic for a lot. Can you update me about the number of 054As seems be builded and/or in building? Thank'you very much!

 

[tphuang]

Pardon Tphuang, I couldn't red this topic for a lot. Can you update me about the number of 054As seems be builded and/or in building? Thank'you very much!

well, in the future, please just read through the thread. I will not be answering questions like this again. Basically, you are looking at 4 in service + another 2 in construction.

 

[crobato]

Two 054As in the south.

 

[tphuang]

a couple of shots from Modern Ship magazine of the two 054As in ESF. Not much out of ordinary here.

 

[maozedong]

from the pic,the 054A-529 is not much smaller than Sovremenys, I suspect the real tonnage of 054A that official gave,because the Art of War told us:war strategy means sneaky.

 

[kickars]

I suspect the real tonnage of 054A that official gave,because the Art of War told us:war strategy means sneaky.

The thing is there never been an 'official' tonnage of 054A from PLAN. We only think the tonnage of 054A is about 4500t by comparing with 054.

 

[Jeff Head]

[qimg]http://i0.sinaimg.cn/jc/p/2008-07-05/U1335P27T1D508860F3DT20080705092556.jpg[/qimg]

from the pic,the 054A-529 is not much smaller than Sovremenys, I suspect the real tonnage of 054A that official gave,because the Art of War told us:war strategy means sneaky.

That picture does not really reveal the differences in size of these vessels. The Length of the Proj 956 vessels is 156.5 meters while that of the Type 054A is 125 meters. That's 30 meters longer. The beam of the 956 is 17.5 meters, while that of the 054A is 15 meters. Two meters wider does not seem like much, unitl you take it the entire length of both vessels, that extra width the whole length of the 054A and then the extra width and length thpose last 30 meters.

Then there is the weapons fit. The 956 has a much heavier weapons fit than the 054A.

All of this adds up signifanctly and lead to the disparity in diplacement of 3500 tons which could very easily be realized with all that extra lengeth and width and the weapons fit.

A better picture is one that shows them from overhead, at dock, next to each other directly from the side.