FriedRiceNSpice
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Well, I think the capability gap between this and a 052D is substantially more significant than AA missile.
North Korea Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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I've posted this before, but it bears repeating:
KCNA's article seems to imply that they will have something like the Kalibr or Oniks/Yakhont.
KCNA's article seems to imply that they will have something like the Kalibr or Oniks/Yakhont.
The over-equipment of the ship also makes me a little concerned about the safety and survivability of the ship.
With weapons literally packed to the gills, any single hit would likely trigger a chain reaction and blow up the entire ship. Unless, of course, it had already unleashed its arsenal beforehand.
With weapons literally packed to the gills, any single hit would likely trigger a chain reaction and blow up the entire ship. Unless, of course, it had already unleashed its arsenal beforehand.
May very well happen, though VLS are designed to contain the explosion and direct it upwards - to a reasonable degree, of course.
But yes, all modern ships are explosive grids over the waterline. Zumwalts tried to make it less harmful, but they remained a one off exception.
I think that's the whole point of the ship, it's mere existence deterring and forcing the enemy to reconsider it's actions, especially if it might be armed with nuclear warheads. I don't think DPRK has any unrealistic thoughts about these ship surviving for any significant length of time in a war, no one would, and i don't think it's the point. I think preventing such a war in the first place is the whole point, being another leg of the deterrence, and IF a war does happens, it will be just one of the retaliation enablers, either tying down enemy forces that otherwise would target other retaliation means, or surviving just enough to launch it's counterstrike. The enemy can't be in all places at once.
That's crazy fast. Mind boggling.
Thank God, it looks like the small VLS cells contain Pongae-6/Pyoljji-1-2 long-range air defense missiles. I can only imagine how my heart would break if those launchers contained Tor missiles as some have speculated.
Photo 2 appears to be the "supersonic cruise missile" they mentioned earlier, which looks like a Kalibr (yes!!!).
And the 127mm gun was clearly the biggest surprise; everyone expected it to be a 130mm.
Photo 2 appears to be the "supersonic cruise missile" they mentioned earlier, which looks like a Kalibr (yes!!!).
And the 127mm gun was clearly the biggest surprise; everyone expected it to be a 130mm.
In the satellite image taken the other day from the Nampo Shipyard by 38 North, at the bottom left, one can see (from left to right) a Tuman-class corvette, a Najin-class frigate and an Amnok-class corvette, the Chon Hyun destroyer, and a little higher up a pair of new patrol/anti-submarine ships nearly 40 meters long (first seen in early February last year), along with a Nongo-class missile boat and several VSV crafts.
Satellite imagery from 38 North also revealed days ago that construction on another destroyer appears to be starting in the construction hall, just days after Chon Hyun was taken to the floating drydock.
Satellite imagery from 38 North also revealed days ago that construction on another destroyer appears to be starting in the construction hall, just days after Chon Hyun was taken to the floating drydock.