Currently, the Navy's frigate forces mainly consist of Type 054A ships, which began to be deployed in 2008. According to pictures published by the Navy, the Luohe has 32 vertical launching cells ...

Three Chinese warships arrived in the port city of Karachi on June 10 for a four-day goodwill and training visit. Our author offers an estimate, focusing on the Type 054A (Jiangkai-II) frigate.

CNS Luohe, the first ship of the Type 054B that has a hull number "545," was put into service at a military port in Qingdao, in the eastern China's Shandong province. The new warship has a ...

A brief overview of China’s Type 054A frigate Chinese engineers began conceptualizing a successor design to China’s Type 054A frigate in the 2010s. These guided-missile warships, heavily ...

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 ...

The Type 054B frigates have been developed and produced independently by China. The Type 054A frigate weighs 4,000 tons, meaning the new class of warship is 25 percent heavier than its predecessor.

Southern Theater Command on Monday organized naval and air forces to conduct far seas drills passing through the Basilan ...

China has delivered Type 054A/P frigate to Pakistan, which is the largest and most advanced warship China has ever exported. Designed and built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, the ...

China's first Type 054B frigate, the Luohe, is commissioned in the People's Liberation Army Navy on January 22, 2025 at a military port in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. Photo: Xinhua The ...