the coming Type052D
so far ten 052D have been ordered ,and they would be built in two shipyards, these new DDGs would replace the remaining Type 051 destroyers...three of them have been launched.
#1 on Aug 28th 2012
#2 on Dec 28th 2012
#3 on Jul 1st 2013
this improved 6500 tons varient has following 'visible' upgrades :
new 130mm main gun ,
64 cells new Gen VLS(8×YJ18 SSM + HHQ9B SAM) ,
24 cells HQ10 SRSAM...
and the Improved 346A AESA radar...
this Auguest , the first 052D has begun the sea trial right one year after the launch...MP.net happend to have some pix about this seatrial...so just a cross post job here...
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some bird's eye view of shipyard building these destroyers from the Airliner .
two 052C and three 052D in the basin...
so far ten 052D have been ordered ,and they would be built in two shipyards, these new DDGs would replace the remaining Type 051 destroyers...three of them have been launched.
#1 on Aug 28th 2012
#2 on Dec 28th 2012
#3 on Jul 1st 2013
this improved 6500 tons varient has following 'visible' upgrades :
new 130mm main gun ,
64 cells new Gen VLS(8×YJ18 SSM + HHQ9B SAM) ,
24 cells HQ10 SRSAM...
and the Improved 346A AESA radar...
this Auguest , the first 052D has begun the sea trial right one year after the launch...MP.net happend to have some pix about this seatrial...so just a cross post job here...
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some bird's eye view of shipyard building these destroyers from the Airliner .
two 052C and three 052D in the basin...
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