The Chinese continue to rapidly build up their naval forces in the Western Pacific.
A direct rip-off of American designs.
That’s a good looking destroyer...
Curious what the large hatch on the superstructure near the stern is for. Loading the helo from the dock?
“The Chinese continue to rapidly build up and modernize their naval forces. “
Yes indeed. By the pics, I see that they no longer tugs to deploy their aircraft carriers. A Great Leap Forward for sure :)
Very impressive vessel to me. Thank you very much for the article and the pictures.
Is it just me though? That 30mm CIWS appears to be in a very good spot as a secondary offensive weapon not just close in weapons support. It would be very good in Pirate suppression as well as Brown water support of vessel interdiction.
You can build ships but it is not so easy to train crews especially carrier crews.
Is it just me, or does that ships design look awfully familiar? (Not a military or navy guy here.....)
I wonder how much of our classified technology went into this one.
Those pixelated uniforms look unnecessary.
What is a “rile?” As in “multi-rile.”
China ought to send us all a thank you note, after all we paid for them.
“modernize their naval forces.”
They have the education, training, and motivated population to do it, every bit as much as we do. Worked with a few hundred recently: I think highly of them. In fact, their average technical capability was superior to ours.
Thanks for the posting and all of the photos, Jeff!