This is the 31st Type 054A VLS Frigate! Think about that!

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Considering the reputation of CCP weapon platforms, high chances that VL tube covers wont open during battle situation.

Btw, any news on the Type 93 unclear submarine accident in Yellow sea or CCP has censored that too?
 

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Considering the reputation of CCP weapon platforms, high chances that VL tube covers wont open during battle situation.

Btw, any news on the Type 93 unclear submarine accident in Yellow sea or CCP has censored that too?
That has already proven to be fake news from India like the cracks the Shandong Carrier and the SU-30 MKI's old style PESA radar reaching 2000 KMs into China to tag J-20s in Szechuan :)
 

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A very big and beautiful FFG! Much larger than the Type 054A!
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great photos as always.

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Beijingwalker posted this pic in his post about the ship on another site. (An image posted on China’s social media demonstrates the size of (from left) the Type 054B, 054A and the original 054. Photo: Weibo)

So much bigger. Ship capabilities must be far greater.
 

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great photos as always.

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Beijingwalker posted this pic in his post about the ship on another site. (An image posted on China’s social media demonstrates the size of (from left) the Type 054B, 054A and the original 054. Photo: Weibo)

So much bigger. Ship capabilities must be far greater.
Pardon me?
Isn't it should be, from left, 055 ("big destroyer" per PLAN term), 054B (already proved to be very different from just-put-in-water one, esp radar & armament), and 054A?
- So-called "original 054" (pennant #525 & 526) just finished MLU, not even adding UVL, makeing people, even in Chinese forums, wonder why.

Looks like 054B is several hundreds tons larger than 054A. Won't call that "much bigger" but indeed keen to know new features.
 
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054B is designed to keep up with a carrier group.

054A has been an immensely successful design. There are 40 serving with the PLAN and they are building brand new variants for the Coast Guard.

In fact, they built this 054A for CG next to the new 054B!
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It is amazing they are building new 054A hulls for the CG instead of just handing them older Type 054/054A. Upgrading and keeping the two original 054's instead of passing them to the CG is pretty good indication of how much the PLAN values them!
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Pardon me?
Isn't it should be, from left, 055 ("big destroyer" per PLAN term), 054B (already proved to be very different from just-put-in-water one, esp radar & armament), and 054A?
- So-called "original 054" (pennant #525 & 526) just finished MLU, not even adding UVL, makeing people, even in Chinese forums, wonder why.

Looks like 054B is several hundreds tons larger than 054A. Won't call that "much bigger" but indeed keen to know new features.
that is not what the words at the bottom of the picture said. yeah the biggest ship looks like a type 55 but...
New type 54B Frigate is supposedly 6000 tonnes. wikipedia says type 54 3900 tonnes and Type 54A 3963 tonnes.


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22 Type 056 (not the 056A version) corvettes were transferred directly from PLAN to CCG:
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But none of the Type 054/As were ever given up by the PLAN so the CG had to build and buy new ones!
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