antiterror13
Brigadier
True .... and its a bit odd as 136 and 137 are the original Sovremennyy for PLAN, so I'd expect these 2 are exactly the same
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True .... and its a bit odd as 136 and 137 are the original Sovremennyy for PLAN, so I'd expect these 2 are exactly the same
by78
General
Poly Technologies High-Speed Intercept Boat. It has both manned and unmanned modes...
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The former is titled the High-Speed Intercept Boat. It is being shown for the first time outside China, even though it is still in development.
A Poly Technologies representative said the 13m-long craft will be ready for sale next year once development concludes. It is being created in conjunction with Harbin Engineering University, with the target client being naval and maritime security agencies at home and abroad.
It is understood that the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has been trialling the High-Speed Intercept Boat to secure a naval base.
In tests the trimaran-hulled vessel has achieved a top speed of 75kt, although the target is 80kt. It is propelled by twin 850hp engines and has a 600mm draft. Its range is listed as 200nm.
Company literature states the High-Speed Intercept Boat can accommodate a crew of six, confirming it can perform either manned or unmanned ‘patrolling, intercepting and military missions’.
Optional armament on the sleek High-Speed Intercept Boat, which use planing technology to achieve its high speeds, includes a 12.7mm machine gun or two 7.62mm machine guns...
More information from this :
The former is titled the High-Speed Intercept Boat. It is being shown for the first time outside China, even though it is still in development.
A Poly Technologies representative said the 13m-long craft will be ready for sale next year once development concludes. It is being created in conjunction with Harbin Engineering University, with the target client being naval and maritime security agencies at home and abroad.
It is understood that the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has been trialling the High-Speed Intercept Boat to secure a naval base.
In tests the trimaran-hulled vessel has achieved a top speed of 75kt, although the target is 80kt. It is propelled by twin 850hp engines and has a 600mm draft. Its range is listed as 200nm.
Company literature states the High-Speed Intercept Boat can accommodate a crew of six, confirming it can perform either manned or unmanned ‘patrolling, intercepting and military missions’.
Optional armament on the sleek High-Speed Intercept Boat, which use planing technology to achieve its high speeds, includes a 12.7mm machine gun or two 7.62mm machine guns...
AssassinsMace
Lieutenant General
Chinese fisherman snags UUV supposedly from the US.
I believe this is the second one. The other one was torpedo size. Are these things suppose to be retrieved or are they disposable? A woman in the US was arrested recently for supposedly passing UUV tech secrets to China. At this rate no need for spies.
I believe this is the second one. The other one was torpedo size. Are these things suppose to be retrieved or are they disposable? A woman in the US was arrested recently for supposedly passing UUV tech secrets to China. At this rate no need for spies.
Jura The idiot
General
Why would it be a hoax? It's not like DF-ZF/WU-14 tests are anything new.
Anyway, the same article was posted in the ballistic missile thread in the strategic weapons sub forum... this news probably isn't very relevant for navy matters.
Does China today have a "Big Navy Policy" like under Ronald Reagan where they are constantly commissioning new ships into the navy while keeping the old ones sailing. Because we keep hearing about the commissionings of new ships but there is hardly any news of decommissionings in the PLAN.
PLAN is much to small yet to talk about a "Big Navy Policy". One can consider this matter when the number of flattops and nuclear submarines approaches that of USN and that is some twenty years away, if it ever happens.
I'm not sure what a Chinese equivalent of "big navy policy" would be, but I do think the Chinese Navy does have a current requirement to not only modernize its fleet but also to expand its fleet size and tonnage.
For most of the last couple of decades their front line surface combatant force was made up of six destroyer flotillas, each with about four destroyers and four frigates for 24 destroyers and 24 frigates in total. Even assuming all ships were modernized, 24 modern DDGs and 24 modern FFGs would probably be an insufficient force for the Navy's missions today.