CHINESE FLEET SET 1

The Type 054A defines the class of modern Chinese missile frigates. Units of this type entered service in the PRC Navy from 2007 or 2008. At present (beginning of 2018) there are 26 units of this type in active service. The 054A class ships are 134.1 meters long and 16 meters wide. The displacement is around 4,100 tons and the maximum speed is around 27-29 knots. This type of frigate is armed with: a single 76mm cannon, a single 32-rail VLS launcher, two quadruple C-803 missile launchers or two 30mm Type 730 CIWS sets. The ship can operate with one on-board helicopter, e.g. Ka-28.

Class 054A frigates (other terms: class Jiangkai II) were constructed as a far-reaching extension of the class 054 units. Compared to their predecessors, they have the same hull and CODAD configuration with similar performance. At the same time, however, they have different, significantly improved or completely different, weapon systems and significantly modernized electronic equipment - in particular communication, information exchange and fire control systems. In the course of production, the so-called subtype 054A + was created, which has a different direct defense system (Type 1130) and - probably - modified hydroacoustic devices. Class 054A frigates operated in 2009 in the Gulf of Aden, carrying out activities against local pirates, and were responsible for the evacuation of Chinese citizens from Libya during the ongoing civil war there. All 054A Class units are currently in active service.

The Type 055 refers to a class of modern Chinese missile destroyers, sometimes classified as cruisers. Probably the first unit of this type was launched in 2014 or 2015, but it entered service probably at the beginning of 2020. Class 055 ships are 180 meters long and 20 meters wide. The displacement is likely to be around 12,000 tons, and the top speed is just over 30 knots. The destroyer is armed with: a single 130mm H / PJ-38 cannon, a 24-guide VLS launcher for the HHQ-10 missiles, as well as a 112-guide VLS launcher for the HHQ-9, YJ-18 or CJ-10 missiles . The ship can operate with 2 Changhe Z-18F helicopters.

The ships of class 055 are currently the most modern destroyers in the Chinese fleet, the size of which corresponds to the size of the American cruisers of the Ticonderoga class. They were undoubtedly designed and built to be key shield ships for their own aircraft carriers or large landing ships. They put great emphasis on the possibility of detecting and destroying air targets, while maintaining considerable possibilities of ZOP (anti-submarine warfare) and destroying surface targets. The Type 055 ships also use very modern electronic equipment, including the Type 346 radar. Nevertheless, a precise assessment of the combat capabilities of this type of units is difficult, because most of the data on the systems used on them is imprecise or secret. It can be assumed that these ships are comparable to the American destroyers Arleigh Burke Flight II and Flight IIA or the Japanese Atago class. However, this is only a guess.

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