Re: LD2000
That's the chinese Type 730 CIWS, normally mounted aboard ships such as recent PLAN destroyers Type 052B and 052C. There exist landbased (prototypes?) versions on 6x6 truck and on 8x8 truck.
As for a relation to the Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS, there is speculation but no evidence that the Type 730 is derived from Goaldkeeper. More likely, it was inspired by Goalkeeper but there has yet to emerge information validating the claim that there actually IS a real and direct relation to Goalkeeper. Just because it looks similar or has a similar concept doesn't mean China has or had access to technologies involved in Goalkeeper.
Goalkeeper employs the 6 barrel GAU 18 gatling gun. The gun mount is US designed and built. The Dutch developed the integrated sensor package and firecontrol softwere for it that has become known as Goalkeeper. The french also developed 2 CIWS on the basis of this gun and gun mount (SATAN and SAMOS), both with radars mounted away from the gun mount.
That's the chinese Type 730 CIWS, normally mounted aboard ships such as recent PLAN destroyers Type 052B and 052C. There exist landbased (prototypes?) versions on 6x6 truck and on 8x8 truck.
As for a relation to the Dutch Goalkeeper CIWS, there is speculation but no evidence that the Type 730 is derived from Goaldkeeper. More likely, it was inspired by Goalkeeper but there has yet to emerge information validating the claim that there actually IS a real and direct relation to Goalkeeper. Just because it looks similar or has a similar concept doesn't mean China has or had access to technologies involved in Goalkeeper.
Goalkeeper employs the 6 barrel GAU 18 gatling gun. The gun mount is US designed and built. The Dutch developed the integrated sensor package and firecontrol softwere for it that has become known as Goalkeeper. The french also developed 2 CIWS on the basis of this gun and gun mount (SATAN and SAMOS), both with radars mounted away from the gun mount.