With the first of the Type 055 now in service and seven more in various stages of fitting out I noticed an interesting pattern around the world: there's suddenly a flood of countries rushing into announcing project for building similar cruiser sized destroyers. It reminds me of the period around the maiden flight of J-20 where suddenly every country was announcing their own 5th generation fighter projects. : (examples: )
So I figure we should have a thread to document this development. Here are the four announcements I have seen:
Displacement: 13,000 tons
Railgun
300 kW and 100kW laser CIWS
EMALS launched UAV
Can launch Brahmos II
Two 36MW gas turbine
Displacement: 10,000 tons
Leonardo 127mm gun
64 cell VLS
8 Teseo mk2e launchers
Three Leonardo 76mm guns
Kronos X and C band AESA
L-band Kronos Power Shield radar
Standard displacement: 9,000 tons
Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-7
Can be armed with SM-3 MkIIA
Not much is known, but bigger than Arleigh Burke Flight 3 and intended to replace Ticonderoga-class.
So I figure we should have a thread to document this development. Here are the four announcements I have seen:
Displacement: 13,000 tons
Railgun
300 kW and 100kW laser CIWS
EMALS launched UAV
Can launch Brahmos II
Two 36MW gas turbine
Displacement: 10,000 tons
Leonardo 127mm gun
64 cell VLS
8 Teseo mk2e launchers
Three Leonardo 76mm guns
Kronos X and C band AESA
L-band Kronos Power Shield radar
Standard displacement: 9,000 tons
Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-7
Can be armed with SM-3 MkIIA
Not much is known, but bigger than Arleigh Burke Flight 3 and intended to replace Ticonderoga-class.