China has launched another 4,000-ton Type 054A Jiangkai II-class guided-missile frigate at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on December 16, IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly reports. Neither the name ...
A new variant of the Type 054A guided missile frigate has entered service with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, characterized by a main gun of a larger caliber and an extended flight ...
A successor to the PLAN’s workhorse, the 054A, has been rumored for a decade. Now it’s finally here. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)’s most well recognized workhorse over the last decade and ...
Somewhere in the waters between the Gulf of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean, a Chinese frigate built to hunt submarines is operating alongside Russian and Iranian warships for the first time in ...
New satellite images show China has almost finished building an advanced frigate that experts have described as a mini destroyer designed to keep up with the country’s third aircraft carrier. Imagery ...
Now that China’s latest frigate has been commissioned with the PLAN, the vessel joins around 233 other warships in the fleet. Beijing achieved yet another naval milestone this week when the Chinese ...
China appears to have launched its first Type 054B guided missile frigate – a bigger, more advanced version of the Type 054A warship now in service. Photos from a state-owned Shanghai naval ...
Last month a Chinese aircraft carrier task force formed, led by the aircraft carrier Liaoning /CV-16. Escort vessels included DDG-104, a Type 055 Renhai-class destroyer, a DDG-124, a Type 052D Luyang ...