Hmmm. That's a lot of technology and stuff in a small boat.
The PLA Navy's well-armed unmanned surface vessel has conducted its first sea trials, according to Chinese trade outlet Ordnance Industry Science Technology.
The 50-foot-long vessel, dubbed JARI, is designed for remote-control or autonomous operation, like many projects developed by western navies and defense contractors. However, it may be unique in possessing all of the core capabilities of a surface combatant (at a small scale).
Its developers say that JARI has a phased-array radar, a sonar suite, a deck gun, two close-range air defense missiles, two vertical-launch silos for small anti-air / anti-ship missiles and two torpedo launch tubes. Given its equipment, Chinese state outlet Global Times has described it in ambitious terms as a combat-ready "mini Aegis-class destroyer."
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Monday, January 20, 2020
Interesting: China Testing Unmanned "Mini-Destroyer"
The Martime Executine reports China's Unmanned "Mini-Destroyer" Out on Sea Trials
Sounds like PRC is going with my PBSH concept but unmanned. I still think crew is needed for when the jamming eliminates your C4I
ReplyDeleteAnother thing - range. Strictly coastal without a mother ship.
ReplyDeleteDedicated mother ship [carrier] or embarked augment to combatant [like LAMPS]....Or both?