052C/052D Class Destroyers

LOL couldn't resist to check the weather once I saw these:

by78 said:

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China, Hainan, Sanya, Tianya, 三亚湾
Tuesday 3:00 PM
Partly Cloudy

29 °C
(it's 84F)

Tam said:

Well not quite. YJ-83 is roughly half the weight, and roughly half the range of a YJ-62 in the 052C. In another analogy, YJ-83 is comparable to the Harpoon, Exocet and Russian Switchblade or Uran ASM. YJ-62 however, is more comparable to the anti ship Tomahawk (TASM).

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Still cannot deny the numerical advantage of those 16 yj83 when engaging targets within 100 miles in terms of saturated attacks

now noticed the tweet





The NSF today commissioned 11th 052D Destroyer Guiyang/贵阳 #119 (first 052D built by Dalian shipyard) and 30th 054A Frigate Zaozhuang/枣庄 #542.

not noticed the tweet





Selon plusieurs sources en Chine, le 17e destroyer Type 052D, Nanning, a été mis à l'eau le samedi 23 Février à Shanghai. Pas de photo pour le moment.

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According to several sources in China, the 17th destroyer Type 052D, Nanning, was launched on Saturday 23 February in Shanghai. No pictures at the moment.


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Dafengcao's tweet :



UAV deployed aboard the Destroyer Lanzhou.

It does look like SD-40 model, as Deino suggested. Sadly, I can't find any specifications for it...

Totoro said:

It does look like SD-40 model, as Deino suggested. Sadly, I can't find any specifications for it...

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军民融合 bearing a lot of fruit.

Some high-resolution photos of a recent exercise in the South China Sea...

by78 said:

Some high-resolution photos of a recent exercise in the South China Sea...

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Haven't seen the main gun depressed like that before. I wonder if that's an operational configuration and, if so, how close to the ship it can shoot.

Am I right thinking the Type 346A on the Type-052D class is one of the best radar in service ?

Compared to something like the SPY-1 or SAMPSON, it clearly comes out as superior.