the future of the jinaghus and jiangweis

the royal thai navy NARESUAN (TYPE 25T) (FFG)
Frigate

thay were made from two jiangweis purchased form china
if thailand can make such impressive vessels from the jiangweis, why cant china do the same with its older vessels?

well dont missunderstood that they are made of Jiaunghus by rebuilding an existing warship. They are custom build, and the hull desing is based of those older frigates. There is no way that china could start rebuilding those old rusty ships to that standard, and very unlikely to build those to replace them as there are more efficent desings awaible...

Some specs on the Royal Thai Navy Naresuan Class (25T) Frigates:


Displacement: 2,900 tons full load
Dimensions: 119 x 13 x 3.8 meters (390.5 x 42.5 x 12.5 feet)
Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 cruise diesels, 14,770 bhp; 2 LM2500 boost gas turbines, 50,000 shp, 32 knots
Crew: 150
Aviation: aft helicopter deck and hangar; 1 light helo
Radar: LW-08 2-D air search
Sonar: DE-1160 hull
Fire Control: Mk 92, Mk 91 missile control, STIR-18 gun control
EW: SLQ-32(V)2 intercept
Armament: 8 Harpoon SSM, 1 8-cell VL Sea Sparrow launcher 1 5/54 DP, 2 dual 37 mm AA, 2 triple 12.75 inch torpedo tubes

LW-08 Radar:


It's somewhat like a smaller version of the Dutch Kortenaer multipurpose frigate, minus the Goalkeeper CIWS system.

whit that exeption that the mentioned Sea sparrow VSL cells arent fitted (you cna check it on those pics)

Gollevainen said:

whit that exeption that the mentioned Sea sparrow VSL cells arent fitted (you cna check it on those pics)

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it looks like as if it should go after the main gun, but theres just a blank space.

if china doesnt want to upgrade its jianghus an weis, what will it do? its a waste to scrap em.

Why it is waste to scrab...scrab???

Gollevainen said:

Why it is waste to scrab...scrab???

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what would u do with them once scrapped? chian has plenty of stell, it doesnt need to reuse 30 year old metal. it might aswell retro fit them with improved sensors, anti sub rokets, yj-83s, helicopter decks and ak-630s. some of this has already been done on some warships.

Well i have understand that their building is rather qubitious quality...and besides, its after modernization, it makes them only par whit western/russian ships of 80's technology...and all that money is out of building modern desings...And by scrabing them, you always get some money out of them, steel is always needed in china's scale of economy. Remember, that Brazilians funded threir purchase of Foch by simply scraping the old Minas Gerais...(thougth the deal was one of the bargains of the century)

So what's so special about these Thai Jangweis?

So what's so special about these Thai Jangweis?

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Well first they are not jiangweis...but completely new class whit new machinery arragment. The hull is said based on the Jiangwei's but it is bit larger.