Shock production: Five destroyers are being built in China on one shipyard (photo)
It is one of two of a shipyard where vessels such as destroyers can build. It shows how five destroyers of the type 052D are built on one shipyard. According to military observers, there are currently 25 destroyers of the class 052d and 052dl in the Chinese army. Soon, six more ships join them - five of the Dalian shipyards and another, which is built in Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry Corporation, is the second large shipyard, northeast of Shanghai.
The pace of construction of ships for the Navy of the People's Liberation Army is the largest in the world. According to the Pentagon's report, a record 10 destroyers were built in 2019, and in 2021 another 8. Eminers of the type 052D are one of the latest generations of destroyers with controlled missiles on board. It has a number of improvements compared to the precursor of 052c DDG. In particular, the design of the body has changed, it is installed more modern sensors and weapons.
The ships are equipped with 64 cells of the vertical starting installation for: The destroyers are equipped with 130mm HPJ-45A tools, 30 mm CiWS H/PJ12 guns, and low-range HQ-10 aircraft. It is stated that by its capabilities of the type 052d 1,6 times more powerful than its predecessor with the index "C". This is despite the fact that the difference between them is only nine years.