Type 022 Missile Boat

Any idea what would be the equipment highlighted in red, and in yellow?

In Black, I'm thinking about ESM.

@Tam maybe?

ClaudeJ said:

Do you think that class can be Refueled At Sea?

I'm looking at all the pictures I can find but I'm not sure what to look for on this ship.

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It isn't as fancy as the big ships, but works if sea state is calm.

taxiya said:

It isn't as fancy as the big ships, but works if sea state is calm.

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Fantastic find taxiya, thanks for sharing!
I really need to up my game searching the Chinese website.

That said, it's almost a forward base operation, "austere" as would probably put it the USN/USMC.

I'm wondering if that can be performed in motion.
The line seems to go all the way to the rear, behind the missile hangar.

I'm reading there would be 12 FLS-1 aboard. From Western sources, though.
Has anyone seen anything that could confirm that?

Type 022 exercise in ETC

ClaudeJ said:

Any idea what would be the equipment highlighted in red, and in yellow?
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In Black, I'm thinking about ESM.

@Tam maybe?

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Black is ESM. Red and yellow I don't know.

ClaudeJ said:

Any idea what would be the equipment highlighted in red, and in yellow?
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In Black, I'm thinking about ESM.

@Tam maybe?

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Yellow appears to be a spotlight/searchlight and/or signal lamp in a stealth cover. You can see it head on in some photos:





No idea about red...I think it's for comms, but I'm just guessing. It's not the HN-900; the HN-900 antenna is the barrel-on-a-stick in the back. I don't think it's CEC (China CEC is phased-array, you can see them on the 055s). Maybe it's some weird Type 22-specific stealth mount (like for the searchlight) for SATCOM or something?

love these little fighting ships -a true littoral war ship -well armed,semi-stealthy ,fast and can go up rivers and into shallow areas while leaving the big blue water ships like )55,052D,054 to dominate ocean waters-and now over 25 years later these 022 can be upgraded with better comms,data links and weapons.I heard that the principal designer was a woman engineer-well done sister comrade.