It's actually an M113 (a pure APC) which was reconfigured into an IFV by the additon of a autocannon turret, firing ports and spaced steel armor.

The original AIFV had better engines than the M113 (250hp), in turn the ACV-15 had better engines than the AIFV (300hp).

Also, I don't think anything short of an MBT is RPG-proof. The ACV-15 series (including ACV-300 Adnan) is rated proof until 14.5mm HMG only, but I reckon most IFV-type vehicles with basic (not uparmored) protection is proof to around that standard anyway.

Basic armor or still have to bolt on extra chunks of laminated armor? If so then it doesn't count.

I think the current Syria and Iraq conflict has shown that in open areas, ATGMs is a very effective deterrent against mass armor. Arab armour

only proxy bandits backed by super power...

- 08:50 French Navy Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle in Dry Dock for Mid-Life Refit & Upgrade

italian one?

HMS Queen Elizabeth AC possible commission end this year.

I know it travels in formation but these days it gets alot easier to kill that big bullseye.

Data displayed with the model gave a displacement of about 2,450 tons; dimensions of 142 meters in length, 32 meters in beam and a draft of 6.2 meters. The power plant was given as a “marine electric propulsion system” with a speed of 25 knots and endurance of 5,000 nautical miles at 16 knots and 30 days.

Those figures could change for a production ship, You said, with a speed probably somewhere above 30 knots. He said an all-MTU diesel propulsion plant was being considered, driving three waterjets.

The model displayed the range of weapons typical for a small warship: a gun in the 76mm or 100mm range; a vertical launch system for surface-to-air missiles behind the gun and forward of the superstructure; surface-to-surface missiles in canister launchers amidships; close-in weapon systems and chaff launchers. The sensor suite was sized for a light frigate.

The model featured a double hangar and side doors along the hangar to launch small boats. There is no mission bay as in the American LCS, and no stern doors below the flight deck, which sits relatively low and close to the water. A bow sonar is depicted.

With the design still to be finalized, You said he didn’t expect construction of the first PLAN trimaran frigate to begin before 2018.

905 tanks? Refurbished T-80 and T-72?

copy which design ?

no current in service naval vessel has the same design as the one China showcased. heck, no one holds the patent for trimaran vessel.

from outside bole sama. any naval architect worth their money can design a ship, be it monohull, cat or trimaran. any shipyard with enough expertise can build them. any ship can appear the same externally.
shipbuilding isn't like aircraft manufacturing anyway...

deswai i say, any shipyard worth their salt can build trimaran cos building ships isn't as difficult as aircraft manufacturing. their yards launched and delivered literally thousands of ships of every kind every year. out of these, hundreds of them are naval ships. so, xde masalah for them to build trimarans of their own.
of cos la they'll improve on what works for them. 
if only our yards have even 1/4 of their capability....
then again, for every ship their yards launched, their yard received some $$ whilst ours mana ada dapat that kind of incentive.

Problem arise when ship designed going for stupid technology leaps.
Zumwalt program is an example of its new radar tech, new cms and tons of crazy tech.
In the end the project going way too expensive they have to cap the cost and have to cut costs on rnd.

Meko and dcns was going for a more conservative approach and most of them use mature tech hence less problematic.

US lcs is a massive songlap project and total disaster.

Not really it freaking huge songlap project the way I see it.
Weapons system is even more rubbish than malaysian lcs but cost more than usd700mil.
The structure is quite fragile constant break down.
The only thing that it better than malaysia lcs is speed.

That still depend on how the navy view the project.
Lot of navy dislike it from what I heard.
so if donald get negative review on the project and he felt the project too expensive.
Lcs could be in the chopping board.

I have check the lcs status seem like it already pointless to say anything more as most of the on order lcs were already completed or under construction.
Freedom class is the cheapest ~usd400mil the independent class ~usd780mil.
They seem to have solve lot of problem on the freedom class that suffer on the first freedom class ship.