I wonder why they didn't sink the VLS enough to hide the doors and hinges like the Europeans do, since this is an all out LO design. Is that a new CIWS behind the radar mast?
I wonder why they didn't sink the VLS enough to hide the doors and hinges like the Europeans do, since this is an all out LO design. Is that a new CIWS behind the radar mast?
I wonder why they didn't sink the VLS enough to hide the doors and hinges like the Europeans do, since this is an all out LO design. Is that a new CIWS behind the radar mast?
Seems pretty clear that those are HHQ-10s in 8 round launcher.
zoom inIt seems likely, but not too clear to me from the photo
Interesting colour of the upper structure. Did they paint it after the sea trial (assuming these photos are new), or are they some sort of plastic/polymer shrink wraps?Two more photos of the integrated test platform FFL. Posted by @Hurin92 on Twitter.
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Still unable to determine the presence or absence of the helicopter hangar deck and the number of VLS cells, unfortunately. But at least now we do know that the CIWS unit is a HHQ-10 launcher.