054B/next generation frigate

Blitzo

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This looks legit to me, and likely is being floated out because they're repositioning or launching another ship in the same drydock that the 054B is being built in.

However I don't think the 054B itself is being launched, and will be redocked for continued work after the other ship in the dry dock is launched or repositioned.

It is also too early for people to talk about its VLS count or type because we don't have any pictures so it actually doesn't add anything to our previous deliberations.

Similarly the mast and additional top side structures are almost certainly not complete yet, so it's useless to talk about it as if what we are looking at is its final look.
 

Tiberium

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I don't think 054B would have more VLS than 054A, and it should not be. The main disadvantage of 054A is its power, which is not suited to be in the CVBG. So I envisioned the 054B would have better sensor suite which it should have as a 2020s PLAN surface combatant, and most important, enough power to follow up the CVBG. The armamant would largely be the same(32 VLS + 8 slanted ASM).
 

Blitzo

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What possibly could this be?

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It's at HDZH shipyard, there are modules for all kind of ships lying around the place.

I'm not sure why one would think that is the "real 054B" as it seems to imply the ship we are seeing is not the 054B????

The shape of the hull looks similar to C28A exported to Algeria.
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There are very superficial similarities, but the size and geometry of the two ships are quite different if one looks at common metrics like helicopter hangar width.
 
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