Guys..... I have bad news for America....
So the PLAN have
>Type 055 - Heavy Destroyer [112 VLS] [13,000t]
>Type 052D - Destroyer [64 VLS] [7,500t]
>Type 054B - Frigate [32 VLS + 8ASM] [5,500t]
The type 054B is the newest one here and its been confirmed that it will be a stepping stone Frigate for the next Type 054C.
China is expected to do a replacement for the Type 052D, Ill just call it new DDG, it's expected to be heavier than the Type 052D. Its gonna be around the Burke III ballpark [96 VLS] [9,700t].
So.... the US is gonna get butt raped in the navy holy shit. We dont even have our Constellation class Frigate until 2030 lol. Which I am sure the new FFG and DDG will have a few of them already produced. We havnt even started the DDG(X) LOL. So were pretty much stuck on Flight II Burkes. No wonder we gave up on the "pivot" to China. Its over. Its looking like 2027 more likely to take Taiwan if we are already tapping out. They'll probably wait it out though until after Trump in ~2030. No point earlier since the pressure will go so big that Taiwan will just fall like Hong Kong. They still need a few years like 5-6 of pumping out 100-200 J-35's. They'll have like another 500+ J-20A/S as well. Along with the hundreds of those new UADF drones. If the US really did give up, it looks like we might look for war with someone in SA as a distraction from moving away from the Pacific.