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The Chinese Navy PLAN’s second Type 909A “weapons integration” test ship was launched at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in March 2006.
Initially bearing a hull number (892, later changed to 856 in 2021) and bearing the name of Hua Luogeng (link) in honor of the renowned Chinese mathematician born in 1910). It was commissioned into the North Sea Fleet
In this PR photo released yesterday, Hua Luogeng 856 is showing off a new AESA active phased array radar is installed at the stern, continuing its role as a test ship. See previous blog entries blow
Photo of the day: DH-10 LACM on test ship 892.
Photo of the day: Test Ship 892’s new mounts.
One way to follow the latest naval weaponry from China — monitor its test ship fleet.
The radar is similar to the “HK-CL Mobile Continuous Wave Precision
Measurement Radar” on display a while back and the new mounts appear to
be variants of the FL-3000N RAM.
Photo credit goes to HSH.
The fourth PLAN test ship commissioned.
The first three test ships are:
891 Bi Sheng
892 Hua Luogeng
893 Zhan Tianyou
PLA Navy’s new comprehensive test vessel commissioned
( Source: China Military Online )
http://eng.mod.gov.cn/Photos/2014-10/11/content_4542634.htm
2014-October-11 17:38
The
photos taken in early October show the commissioning and flag
presentation ceremony of the comprehensive test ship “Li Siguang” of the
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) in a military port in
Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province.
ZHANJING,
October 11 (ChinaMil) – Days ago, a naval port in Zhanjiang witnessed a
commissioning and flag presentation ceremony held to mark a new
comprehensive test ship “Li Siguang” to join the Chinese People’s
Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
The “Li Siguang” (hull number 894)
is designed and built independently by China. The construction of the
ship started in 2012, and it was launched in November 2013.
The
ship is 129.3 meters long and 17 meters wide. Its full load
displacement reaches 6,080 tons. The commission of this new
comprehensive test ship marks the overall improvement of the PLAN’s
scientific test level. Background: the first “Li Siguang” ship The old
“Li Siguang” survey ship (hull number 871) is China’s first medium and
long-range comprehensive ocean survey vessel with independent design and
manufacturing. The ship was put into service in August 1998.
The
old “Li Siguang” survey ship was mainly responsible for ship
engineering and marine surveying. Among all the ships of the PLAN, it
was the first ship named after a Chinese scientist. With the commission
of the ship, the history that China was not capable of conducting
pelagic survey was put to an end.
The old “Li Siguang” survey
ship retired on November 16, 2012 and now has been transformed into a
fishery administration vessel with a new hull number-China Yuzheng 206.
Navalized DH-10 LACM
Deployment of Land Attack Cruise Missiles (LACM) on Chinese warships will bring new dimensions to diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific.
Images have surfaced of a naval variant of the DH-10 LACM on a China
Navy test vessel. The missile canisters spotted appear to be virtually
identical to the land-based variant. This sort of arrangement is
reminiscent to the deployment of the BGM-109 Tomahawk on United States
Navy surface combatants by way of the MK-143 Armored Box Launcher. The
MK-143 enabled vessels such as the Iowa Class Battleships and Spruance
Class Destroyers to launch the BGM-109.The images suggest that the DH-10 would be installed in the same way as
the YJ-62 or YJ-83 anti-ship missiles. This is advantageous for the
current generation of China Navy surface combatants, giving designs such
as the 052C land attack capability with minimal structural
modification. However, the downside is that the arrangement would
sacrifice anti-ship capabilities by substituting the YJ-62 or YJ-83
systems with DH-10 launchers. It also means that only a maximum of eight
missiles can be carried and that is assuming the launch canisters can
be stacked on top of one another.In spite of its disadvantages and simplicity compared to the deployment
of vertically launched LACMs by other navies, the adoption of a naval
variant of the DH-10 is a considerable capability leap for Beijing.
This development would enable China to complete its “cruise missile
triad”, complementing the already in-service land-based system and the
air-launched variant, the CJ-10. Missiles launched from land-based
platforms are restricted to striking targets around China’s periphery,
not so dissimilar to the range limitations faced by the Second Artillery
Force’s inventory of conventional ballistic missiles. Missiles
launched from the air force’s H-6 bombers provide more operational
flexibility and reach for China’s cruise missiles, similar to the way
in which the United States Air Force deploys cruise missiles from its
bomber fleet. However, without aerial refueling capability and heavy
fighter protection, the H-6 is an aircraft restricted to limited
regional operations. The bomber’s obsolete design, slow speed and its
vulnerability to interception are weighing heavily against its potential
strategic roles.The China Navy, on the other hand, is the only branch of the Chinese
military capable of projecting limited power far beyond China’s shores.
While it is debatable whether the China Navy would seek the same sort
of global reach as the United States Navy, the possession of
ship-launched LACMs would essentially enable Chinese warships to
conduct long range precision attacks against land targets around the
Indian and Pacific Oceans. The implications are strategic locations
that were traditionally distance away from China mainland could now be
potentially brought within the firing range of DH-10 armed vessels.The fact that DH-10 is mounted on a test vessel that has yet sail
suggests that it is still very early its development cycle. If the
rumored Type 052D destroyer, the successor of the 052C that is
reportedly under construction is mounted with DH-10, then a universal
vertical launch system for Chinese armed forces is a reality.It would also be interesting to monitor the future development of an
undersea DH-10 systems as arming Beijing’s fleet of conventional and
nuclear attack submarines with submarine-launched DH-10 missiles will
have far reaching implications.–cloneattacks
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