054/A FFG Thread II

SpicySichuan

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Update on the progress of 31st 054A construction

I remember there are several really good restaurants serving the Cantonese lap chong claypot rice (腊肠煲仔饭), so you could literally enjoy classic Cantonese street food and sip on a 600ml bottle of Zhujiang Beer, while watching those 054As and 056s slowing being pieced together. It would cost you no more than 20-25 RMB. Still, do not take pictures because the local PSB plain clothes officers are always on watch. The moment you raise your smartphone, someone would probably jump out and arrest you.
 

xyqq

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568 Hengyang firing a chaff/flare rocket. In the distance are three ships: LPD-987 Wuzhishan, AOE-967 Chaganhu, and another one either DDG-175 Yinchuan or electronic surveillance ship 857 Tianshuxing. The flotilla traveled more than 8,000 nautical miles in one month.

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A Z-9C helicopter just took off:

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Approaching at sunset:

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Bow view at dawn:

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Tam

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We already noticed that before. Months ago. There is a similar array on the last batch of Type 054A, but located differently under the Type 364 radar.

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The array is present not just on 529, but also in 530. I like to see pictures of the other two ships of the first batch 054A. I think the array is experimental when installed on the 529 and 530, with the definitive version installed installed on the final batch 054A like 601 above. I suspect it is a new ESM focused on long range, long frequency. The elements are similar to the barbecue stick pole on top of the 055. Change of position from under the Type 382 to the Type 364 may be because the first position is unsatisfactory and affected by interference.


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sndef888

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I saw this on the internet earlier this week referring to the new build of Frigates for the PLAN........don't know if there is any truth in it, but it does raise one or two interesting aspects.

"Back in 2018 it was rumoured that 054B was planned, but in 2019, another rumour came out that the 054B has been delayed a bit due to its one crucial handicap, that is, its speed is too slow to keep up with the carrier fleet. And then in 2020 there was a conflicting rumour that another batch of 054 was going to be built, some say it would be the same 054A but others claimed it would be the newer version. Then it was said that the order was for 054A. Then the news broke, back in December 2020, that the new, much higher efficient version of vessel propulsion engine has been developed and tested. Then on January, another rumour emerged which says that China is on the process to convert its surface fleet to pump jet, instead of propeller, using electrical pumps, instead of the old piston and crankshaft version. It was rumoured that the 3rd 075 vessel was built as the first trial, using this concept, then followed by the new batch of 054 would be 054Bs, based on the same technology, which, reportedly, can travel much faster and quieter than ever before. It was also rumoured that using this new design, more rooms would be made available inside the vessel, that would mean more places for missiles and other compartments".
Wait, so the rumor is that the 054 under construction right now use pump jets?
 

Blitzo

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Why are folks confident that this ship is the 31st 054A bound for PLAN rather than the third 054AP bound for Pakistan?

The four 054APs were contracted to HD.

This shipyard depicted is HP.
 
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