Nope, exactly the same! The picture is from a slightly different perspective. The flight deck is the same length, the yagi is parked at a different angle and there is a cover over the radar on the ciwis slightly distorting how it looks.
Yes, they are exactly the same. Same improved 052DL taken from slightly different angles. It is not a comparision of two different ships. It just shows the changes. I should have made that clearer. My bad for the confusion.
Xiamen University hypersonic transport project –
A full write-up from Henri Kenhmann (Henri K) at East Pendulum – Link (In French)
Videos:
https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1120625939807965185
https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1120625483316703234
https://twitter.com/LaunchStuff/status/1120538875527671809
New variant of the 052D (052D+?)
1 – Lengthened helo pad (for Z-20?)
2 – New survaillence radar (AESA with 12 modules?)
3 – Type-1130 CIWS instead of the Type-730
Good progress in the WS-19 program (Engine, mainly for J-35/FC-31 and possibly future blocks of JF-17) –
https://twitter.com/dafengcao/status…10780915654658
Benefitted from the design and materials of WS-15 engine, it only took one year to complete the design, took half a year to complete the experimental verification of 1st engine, took one third the time of engine manufacturing compared with before.
