China has packed the deck of a medium-sized cargo ship with 60 containerized vertical launch cells, radar, and close-in weapons. This is two-thirds the VLS capacity of a Arleigh Burke class Flight I or II destroyer.
The vessel has containers packed on its deck, both used for containing weapons and for mounting them, along with sensors. The layout appears to be designed as something of an improvised superstructure in order to turn the cargo ship into a heavily-armed surface combatant of sorts. This includes the mounting of a large rotating phased-array radar forward of the bridge atop three containers, as well as another domed radar or communications system across the deck from it mounted on two containers.

Near the bow of the vessel, high-up mounted on above two containers, we see anType 1130 30mm close-in-weapon system for last-ditch defense against incoming threats, especially cruise missiles. One container lower, on both sides, we see Type 726 decoy launchers mounted on top of another pair of containers. The large cylindrical pods appear to be emergency life rafts, likely required because of the expanded crew size to make a concept like this work.

https://twz.com/sea/chinese-cargo-ship-packed-full-of-modular-missile-launchers-emerges…
China has packed the deck of a medium-sized cargo ship with 60 containerized vertical launch cells, radar, and close-in weapons. This is two-thirds the VLS capacity of a Arleigh Burke class Flight I or II destroyer.
The vessel has containers packed on its deck, both used for containing weapons and for mounting them, along with sensors. The layout appears to be designed as something of an improvised superstructure in order to turn the cargo ship into a heavily-armed surface combatant of sorts. This includes the mounting of a large rotating phased-array radar forward of the bridge atop three containers, as well as another domed radar or communications system across the deck from it mounted on two containers.

Near the bow of the vessel, high-up mounted on above two containers, we see anType 1130 30mm close-in-weapon system for last-ditch defense against incoming threats, especially cruise missiles. One container lower, on both sides, we see Type 726 decoy launchers mounted on top of another pair of containers. The large cylindrical pods appear to be emergency life rafts, likely required because of the expanded crew size to make a concept like this work.

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