Lots of FFGs there.The 8th 054A of HP Has Been Launched Today
We'll see how quickly they start another one at HP...that will say something.
054/A FFG Thread II
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We'll see how quickly they start another one at HP...that will say something.
franco-russe
Senior Member
If you will go back to A. Man's post # 1421, you will see that this list has added 531 and 532 for East Sea Fleet (apparently HD 7 and 8).
The list lacks 575 for SSF, but you can be pretty sure it will come, making a total of 18.
At a guess, the two additional 054A's might be related to the reported sale of two 053H2G to Bangladesh, to keep up the number of more or less modern frigates.
They have a bunch of modules lying around. I don't know if anyone has identified a 9th under construction yet. It is also possible that they just concentrate 056 and other kind of ships at HP for a while.
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They have a bunch of modules lying around. I don't know if anyone has identified a 9th under construction yet. It is also possible that they just concentrate 056 and other kind of ships at HP for a while.
CottageLV
Banned Idiot
A light bulb just lit up in my head. If 054A was highly automated, even to the extent of drastically surpassing the level of Zumwalt, with Chinese engineers reaching the edge of current technical limitations, what number of crew could they shrink down to? Let's say that the Chinese designers went mad, but still within the limitations of current technology.
The current crew size is 190.
Frigate of almost identical tonnage, Oliver Hazard Perry class, has about 230. Since it first entered service in 77, with the last one in 89, we can see that advancement in automation resulted from the computer advancement, which occurred in the last twenty years, really contributed to downsizing of crew.
Anyone got any idea to this topic?
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On another note, I'm really surprised that USN is so hardcore on blue water ideology that it doesn't even build frigates anymore since 1989.
The current crew size is 190.
Frigate of almost identical tonnage, Oliver Hazard Perry class, has about 230. Since it first entered service in 77, with the last one in 89, we can see that advancement in automation resulted from the computer advancement, which occurred in the last twenty years, really contributed to downsizing of crew.
Anyone got any idea to this topic?
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On another note, I'm really surprised that USN is so hardcore on blue water ideology that it doesn't even build frigates anymore since 1989.
US is obsessed with building a platform to do all job... That's where AB class destroyer comes in.
Like the F-35.
That's because the US military are tasked to do crazy things, they don't only know where the next war is or who will they fight. Whereas for most countries, mission profile and likely threats are well know.
Red___Sword
Junior Member
And I'd say "winner takes all" is also in the play, take a guess how sweet you will be when you are the main contractor who builds the "general purpose" destoryer of AB, and "general purpose" fighter of F-35? And would you lobbying for that prospect when money owner aka DoD planning the next-big-thing?