CAIG Wing Loong – II UCAV has flown –

1: J-10C carrying PL-10 & PL-15
2: J-11B carrying PL-8 & PL-12

Carrier training –

1: WS-10 powered J-15A catapult test. EMALS or stream?

2: JL-9G and J-15 formation

So the 055 is not as radical a departure from previous designs as some thought it was going to be, for example no 3D L band rotating long range radar. It looks to be in effect a scaled up 052D.

Well the 052C & 052D used that rotating Yagi antenna (VHF?) for long range search (including low RCS targets?). The 055 doesn’t seem to have that installed. They might add it later-on or maybe something entirely new.

64 Universal VLS in the front. That means 055 has the entire missile load of a 052D in the bow itself. Rear VLS is believed to be at least 48 tubes.

055 cruiser