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iantsai said:

An anonymous source hints that a new batch of ship building order has been assigned to Dalian & JNCX shipyards:

Twenty 052DG(or 052DL unofficially) for Dalian;

Eight 055A for JNCX.

Let's wait for more info.
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That split between Dalian and Jiangnan is interesting; I would think they would split both 052DL and 055 equally among them.

If the rumor is true, that is.

More wonderful images from the Sino-Russian joint naval patrol.

weig2000 said:

That split between Dalian and Jiangnan is interesting; I would think they would split both 052DL and 055 equally among them.

If the rumor is true, that is.

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Assuming it is true, it would make sense from a production standpoint, lowering the costs further than if it were to mix the contracts between the two. Another point of making Dalian make more ships over Jiangnan is that Dalian isn't as busy as Jiangnan, although with all the build contracts, it would still be fairly busy. Jiangnan should be reserved for building the most complex and high end ships.

I think this 8:20 plan is more reasonable.

Type 055 is much more powerful but also expensive than type 052D, to guard the aircraft carriers PLAN needs more type 052Ds.

@iantsai

亚洲特快 I think had a good video about carrier groups I believe (or maybe it was another channel).

Basically it's 1 carrier, 2 055 and like 4 052D (and there was also 4 smaller frigate right around the carrier).

Michaelsinodef said:

@iantsai

亚洲特快 I think had a good video about carrier groups I believe (or maybe it was another channel).

Basically it's 1 carrier, 2 055 and like 4 052D (and there was also 4 smaller frigate right around the carrier).

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Plus 1 or 2 SSN

Tam said:

Assuming it is true, it would make sense from a production standpoint, lowering the costs further than if it were to mix the contracts between the two. Another point of making Dalian make more ships over Jiangnan is that Dalian isn't as busy as Jiangnan, although with all the build contracts, it would still be fairly busy. Jiangnan should be reserved for building the most complex and high end ships.

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I can see your point that a shipyard focusing on some particular type naturally makes it more efficient and skillful at that type.
But in that sense Dalian Shipyard will hardly advance its skills and permanently becomes the 2nd tier to Jiangnan. I am not sure that what's plotted for Dalian Shipyard. But each decision has its own pros & cons.

Tam said:

Assuming it is true, it would make sense from a production standpoint, lowering the costs further than if it were to mix the contracts between the two. Another point of making Dalian make more ships over Jiangnan is that Dalian isn't as busy as Jiangnan, although with all the build contracts, it would still be fairly busy. Jiangnan should be reserved for building the most complex and high end ships.

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As far as the efficiency go, it's negligible. Both Dalian and Jiangnan have built 052D and 055 before, so there is no such thing as ramping up the learning curve; for small batch production such as large war ships, there is also no economy of scale to speak of. The best justification for (roughly) equally splitting the orders between the two is to keep them skilled in large and complex works. Dalian and Jiangnan are largely at the same level of sophistication when it comes to building large combat ships and China may want to keep that way for a variety of reasons.

I can understand they may split the quantity in each type not exactly 50-50, but the types of the ships should be spread between the two. In any case, we shall see.