Type 054/A FFG Thread II

[timepass]

054 A/P 2 ..... via LKJ86 on PDF

 

[asif iqbal]

great news

would like to see Pakistan providing air defence to a Chinese carrier strike group soon

 

[by78]

One of the original two Type 054s (525?) is now in dry dock for overhaul and upgrade.

 

[Tam]

I am very intrigued how they will pull this off.

There is a datalink or SATCOM antenna that was installed on top of the hanger while the ship was still in service and it was left there while everything else was stripped out.

 

[steve_rolfe]

Question:- is this the 1st or 2nd 054 being refitted, and if it is the 2nd, what updates were made to the 1st one?
Thanks.

 

[Tam]

Question:- is this the 1st or 2nd 054 being refitted, and if it is the 2nd, what updates were made to the 1st one?
Thanks.

Both ships appear down to be refitted. What exactly is the updates? Waiting to know is the fun part.

 

[antiterror13]

Both ships appear down to be refitted. What exactly is the updates? Waiting to know is the fun part.

Wondering whether would be just cheaper and simpler to "donate" the old original 054 to Pakistan or Bangladesh or Thailand or Cambodia ... I meant very cheap one

 

[Tam]

Wondering whether would be just cheaper and simpler to "donate" the old original 054 to Pakistan or Bangladesh or Thailand or Cambodia ... I meant very cheap one

Maybe, but the fact they kept one antenna --- the datalink or SATCOM covered with a tarp of blue, white and red stripes --- suggest the ship is for keeps. See the last picture.

 

[sndef888]

Please upgrade it with the universal VLS and a HQ-10 at the back, then it'll be perfect

 

[Totoro]

They should seize this opportunity and use these two ships as testing grounds for a comprehensive 054a class upgrade as well. Basically make them lead ships for a modernization standard that would be applied to the entire class of 30+ ships. And that means new radars, sensors, new missiles, new command and control internals, perhaps even a pad capable of housing z20, even though that would likely require a lot of structural work.