FriedRiceNSpice
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Upgrade a sea skimming cruise missile to a ballistic missile??
054B/next generation frigate
- Thread starter Blitzo
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My mistake. I thought the CM-400 had deployable wings for some reason. The YJ-83 does seem a bit outdated though. It could use a hidden intake and maybe a chine. The US has been playing with LO missile designs for decades now. Could the AKF-98A serve as a YJ-83 replacement maybe?
Is there a full picture available?
oh it's really far along , sea trials within 2024 maybe ?An image update.
is it even likely for it to enter service before 1/10 2024 ?
I don't think we should expect specific dates, especially given how this is the 1st member of a brand new FFG class. There could be previously unknown/undiscovered problems with the warship design and engineering that only appeared after her sea trials were conducted, which certainly needs to be rectified before commissioning.
For reference, the first 2 members of the 054A FFG, which displaces around 1/3rd less than the 054B FFG at full load, took around 1 year (at Hudong-Zhonghua) and 1 year 3 months (at Huangpu-Wenchong) from launch to commissioning.
Though, I do believe that the 054B FFGs at both shipyards would take less than 2 years to enter service after launch (which is roughly the duration taken for the 1st 052D DDG at Jiangnan to go through the same process).
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