052C/052D Class Destroyers

tphuang said:

That looks like HHQ-9 tube. The earlier one looks like a torpedo.

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We've had previous pictures of 052D being loaded with a different tube which seems similar to 052C's canister for HHQ-9... with the canisters partially differentiable due to the number of rings on the canister.

052C HHQ-9 canister


052D canister which seems to be similar to 052C's HHQ-9 canister (and is different to both of the canisters in the previous post)

tphuang said:

That looks like HHQ-9 tube. The earlier one looks like a torpedo.

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Well...that's what HHQ-9 is supposed to look like. Torpedo...if it is the Chinese copy of the ASROC.

One hypothesis difficult to see but crane seems very close VLS could be part of VLS ? and look a little those of the Mk 41 seems more big maybe.

As Mk 41 on Ticonderoga or Burke Fl I/II which have tho modules with a crane which occupies 3 cells on 8

Maybe mentioned before but eventual SAM quad-packed missiles is not HQ-16 but DK-10A a variant of PL-12, 50 km.

Josh Luo said:

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Well...that's what HHQ-9 is supposed to look like. Torpedo...if it is the Chinese copy of the ASROC.

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Unless you have a picture of what the YJ-18 looks like, then show it. Otherwise, you got one that looks like HHQ-9 (or another long range SAM). It looks about what you would expect with length and diameter and type of cannister.

I don't know what the heck you are talking about with torpedo. Yes, everyone knows what ASROC is.

Does the Type 052C carry land attack cruise missiles ?

Have we got any pictures?

052C have 8 circular slant launchers amid-ship which according to wiki either carries C-805 AShM or HN-2 or YJ-62 cruise missile.

FORBIN said:

One hypothesis difficult to see but crane seems very close VLS could be part of VLS ? and look a little those of the Mk 41 seems more big maybe.

As Mk 41 on Ticonderoga or Burke Fl I/II which have tho modules with a crane which occupies 3 cells on 8

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This was discussed over on CDF a while back.
The crane is almost definitely not part of the VLS and is probably removable from the ship, and only installed when needed

no_name said:

052C have 8 circular slant launchers amid-ship which according to wiki either carries C-805 AShM or HN-2 or YJ-62 cruise missile.

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Any pictures of the loading or launch ?

asif iqbal said:

Any pictures of the loading or launch ?

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If you google "YJ-62 launch" you'll find some photos of YJ-62 launched from 052C.
HN-2 and C-805 do not exist at present, and we've only seen YJ-62 carried on 052C's slant launchers