Going with pure DEW might be risky.
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Going with pure DEW might be risky.
and a 150kw in the front. Seems they expect lasers to play a major role in shipboard deference.
It's second stage in the first place.
Some observations. (yep, i understand that it's illustrative)
-Those radar arrays are huge. Even baseline ones are huge;
-Lots of signature control, apparently (radar, acoustic).General trendline, but notable;
-64 UVLs(?). Cell counters gonna be furious. After Constellation class - that's gonna be a hit below the waterline;
-Widely distributed radar arrays, german style. Apart from other concerns (space, cooling) - first hint at higher focus on survivability;
-2 RAM(!). German style #2, that's quite a step-up in self-defense. Later on - up to 3 lasers, that's quite a bet;
-Unit architecture apparently(2 fully self-contained units, able to fight independently). German style #3. This is really intended to continue fighting after being hit.
-UxV carrier. Well, it's a general line of evolution at this point, nothing unexpected, but nice to see nonetheless.
I like it.
Also, while there will be a lot of "055" noises - frankly speaking, it looks way more 052D-NG to me.
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Use of DEW does reduce the need for more vertical cells. That's a good space saving measure and proves its value.
Btw I must correct myself - there are likely 4x32, I didn't look properly the first time.
So it's almost a straight-up upgrade over the Tico.
Oh come on. Everyone's doing it over on Twitter. Nice to give some back once in a while...
It looks like 96 baseline and drop to 64 Mk 41 + 12 large cells.
If they decided to add another hull module amidships, it might be possible to add another 64 cells or another 32 (or 12) up front if you wanted an extra long nose.
Still cell counters are going to be mad at the baseline.
Hahaha, the very same people on the internet who for years have tirelessly insisted that china copied everything from the west for stuffs that have even the slightest similarity between them are suddenly playing dumb and calling this future destroyer doesn't have any similarities with 055.. Instead, they hilariously bring up other western examples that look even more dissimilar, like the italian FREMM or japan's asahi
What a disgusting behavior, apparently the thought of having the table turned on them is so embarrassing that they prefer the US to just copy from anyone but the chinese lmao