Five “052DL” missile destroyers in various stages of construction were photographed at a shipyard of China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.Figure: flipping @lyman2003 Weibo
According to a photo by Chinese Weibo user “@lyman2003”, at a shipyard of China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (“DSIC”), “simultaneously” found in a different The five “052DL” missile destroyers (NATO code name: Luyang III) in the construction stage show that the “expansion” of the PLA Navy is still at its peak.
It is understood that the People’s Liberation Army currently has 13 “052D” and 12 “052DL”, a total of 25 ships of the same type serving in the Navy. They were manufactured and built by DSIC and Jiangnan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Jiangnan Shipbuilding”), a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation. -20F anti-submarine helicopter, the hull was “stretched” by nearly 5 meters to accommodate the hangar and helideck, and the displacement was increased from 7,500 tons to 7,700 tons, becoming a watershed between “052D” and “052DL”.
The Zhi-20F is equipped with equipment such as sea search radar, magnetic anomaly detectors, and day and night electronic reconnaissance. The time is up to 5 hours, and the anti-submarine radius is 200 kilometers. It is more advanced than the previous ship-borne Z-9C.
The report pointed out that the 052D or 052DL is one of the latest generation of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) of the Chinese navy, with more advanced combat systems and radar sensing devices, and is considered to be China’s equivalent of the American “Aegis” system destroyer. The two types of destroyers have the same weapon system, equipped with 64 vertical launch systems (VLS), which can be used for Hongqi-9 (HHQ-9B) medium and long-range air defense missiles, Yingjing-18 (YJ-18) anti-ship missiles and Changjian-10 Long-range cruise missile. Among them, the “Changjian-10” under China’s “Great Internal Propaganda” claims to have a combat range of 1,500 to 2,500 kilometers. The PLA will implement “anti-access” and “area denial” force for a possible Taiwan Strait crisis. The evolution has the “air-launched” version “Changjian-20 (KD-20)”, which can be mounted and attacked by the “H-6” aircraft.
The report quoted a Pentagon assessment report saying that the PLA is expanding at an extremely rapid rate. China’s shipbuilding industry completed the construction of 10 destroyers in 2019 and added 8 more by 2021, confirming the PLA Navy’s status as the “world’s largest”. Today, “photos speak for themselves”, and the PLA’s shipbuilding like “dumplings” has been fully proved.
According to a photo by Chinese Weibo user “@lyman2003”, at a shipyard of China’s Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (“DSIC”), “simultaneously” found in a different The five “052DL” missile destroyers (NATO code name: Luyang III) in the construction stage show that the “expansion” of the PLA Navy is still at its peak.
Top: Type 052D “Hefei No. 173”; Bottom: Type 052DL “Nanning No. 162”. The difference between the two is only regarding 5 meters in the length of the hull.Figure: PLA Daily/New Head Shell Synthesis
