Chinese class destroyer 052D Xining conducted live firing
The fifth Chinese 052D class destroyer has demonstrated its combat capabilities, the portal reports. "Warspot" with reference to the report of the Chinese military TV channel CCTV-7.
Class 052D destroyers are the latest warships in the Chinese Navy. Their construction started in 2012, and before the end of 2018, the military plans to adopt 12 (according to other sources - 13) ships of this type. Xining (tail number - 117) is the fifth and by far the newest destroyer in the Chinese naval fleet.
Xining was put into service in January of this year and, in total, has already made four combat-training exits into the sea. During the last maneuvers, the crew of the ship hit targets with artillery mounts H / PJ-38 (130 mm) and H / PJ-12 (30 mm), unguided missiles, and also launched a torpedo Yu-7. In addition, the speedboats and the Z-9C helicopter with which the destroyer is equipped were involved in the exercises.
The 052D class destroyers have a displacement of 7500 m, a length of 156 m, a width of 18 m and a draft of 6,5 m. On the deck of each of them there is a platform for one Z-9C helicopter. The maximum speed of the ship is 30 nodes (55,5 km / h), the crew consists of 280 people. According to unofficial data, in their capabilities, the new Chinese destroyers are comparable to the American Arleigh Burke, equipped with the combat system Aegis.
The hull of the Xining destroyer is shaped and coated, which provides it with minimal radar visibility. The destroyer is armed with 130 mm caliber artillery mounts, 30 mm caliber anti-aircraft mounts, missiles capable of hitting air, surface and ground targets, as well as mines and torpedoes. The ship is driven by a combined diesel-gas turbine unit consisting of two QC-280 gas turbine engines and two Shaanxi diesel engines.
Class 052D destroyers are the latest warships in the Chinese Navy. Their construction started in 2012, and before the end of 2018, the military plans to adopt 12 (according to other sources - 13) ships of this type. Xining (tail number - 117) is the fifth and by far the newest destroyer in the Chinese naval fleet.
Xining was put into service in January of this year and, in total, has already made four combat-training exits into the sea. During the last maneuvers, the crew of the ship hit targets with artillery mounts H / PJ-38 (130 mm) and H / PJ-12 (30 mm), unguided missiles, and also launched a torpedo Yu-7. In addition, the speedboats and the Z-9C helicopter with which the destroyer is equipped were involved in the exercises.
The 052D class destroyers have a displacement of 7500 m, a length of 156 m, a width of 18 m and a draft of 6,5 m. On the deck of each of them there is a platform for one Z-9C helicopter. The maximum speed of the ship is 30 nodes (55,5 km / h), the crew consists of 280 people. According to unofficial data, in their capabilities, the new Chinese destroyers are comparable to the American Arleigh Burke, equipped with the combat system Aegis.
The hull of the Xining destroyer is shaped and coated, which provides it with minimal radar visibility. The destroyer is armed with 130 mm caliber artillery mounts, 30 mm caliber anti-aircraft mounts, missiles capable of hitting air, surface and ground targets, as well as mines and torpedoes. The ship is driven by a combined diesel-gas turbine unit consisting of two QC-280 gas turbine engines and two Shaanxi diesel engines.
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