I agree that a YJ-12 canister is likely to be much larger than a YJ-18 canister.
The problem is I don't think we yet know what a YJ-18 canister looks like and how large it is to be able to compare with how big a potential YJ-12 canister may be.
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I agree that a YJ-12 canister is likely to be much larger than a YJ-18 canister.
The problem is I don't think we yet know what a YJ-18 canister looks like and how large it is to be able to compare with how big a potential YJ-12 canister may be.
Whatever is on the 051B is a YJ-18 quad-canister launcher. There is simply no way in hell that a quadruple YJ-12 launcher could fit 4 in a row on the 051B (16 missiles total), and that's exactly the situation we have on that ship judging by the 3 empty racks lined up beside the YJ-18 launcher.
I think we may have slightly differing perceptions of how big a folded YJ-12 may be.
That said, I'm open to the idea that the 051Bs canisters may be for YJ-18, but at this stage I think there's a good chance they are for YJ-12s as well.
You did get a look at how wide the YJ-12 is with its quadruple air intakes, did you not? I'm not sure why you think the difference between a YJ-12's diameter and a YJ-18's diameter is any matter of subtlety. Even missiles like the YJ-62 already have a significantly larger canister than the YJ-83, and the size differences between those two are going to be far less than the difference between any other missile and a YJ-12. BTW, I seriously doubt even 16 YJ-62 canisters could fit into the space allotted for ASCMs on the 051B. By extension the prospect of 16 YJ-12s fitting into that space devolves into the realm of the absurd.
Hendrik_2000
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PLA Navy's Sovremenny class destroyer modernization renovation, VLS just before the bridge?
kwaigonegin
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PLA Navy's Sovremenny class destroyer modernization renovation, VLS just before the bridge?
That's some serious power there.. Although they shoulda gotten rid of the aft 130mm and put something else there
Agreed. Maybe another HHQ-10?
Yes, like a VLS module (or two).
I think this depiction is wrong on at least a couple counts. First, I think there will probably not be two 1130s positioned beside the helipad like that since they will be hazardous to a landing helicopter's rotor blades. If there are CIWS mounts there they will likely be AK-630s or their PLAN equivalents.
Second, if there is a single universal VLS at the C position it would be turned sideways compared to what is on that drawing, like this:
On the other hand, if they're going to put a universal VLS on this ship, they could have spent just a little more money and made more efficient use of the available space, like this:
Or even like this:
Or they could even have made everything universal VLS:
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