"Learning More About China’s New Massive Warship Plan" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 May 2014 10:33 p.m. PST |
"Just as the US did with the AEGIS and Zumwalt class cruisers and destroyers, modern naval engineering in China starts by first building full scale, land based mock ups of advanced warships. The rationale is that they provide a cheaper and less risky alternative to rushing directly into ship construction; it is far easier to measure, modify and fine tune a land based system as opposed to a seagoing prototype hull…"
Full article here.
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| Tango01 | 02 May 2014 11:35 p.m. PST |
We BOTH are getting old my good friend. (big smile) Amicalement
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| whoa Mohamed | 03 May 2014 6:31 a.m. PST |
The US did this around 30 years ago you could drive around NJ and see all the different superstructures being tested with the SPY1 3d radars by companies like GE and NG… |
| Jemima Fawr | 03 May 2014 10:10 a.m. PST |
It's always amused me to see the 'warships' parked on top of the hill above Portsmouth. When I'm trapped on the ferry with thirty-odd teenagers, I always find that there's at least one daft enough to believe me that they got stranded up there on the last high tide… |
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