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Originally posted by AllinTheMind89
wow...nice research chinawhite...It makes one wonder, why China would need a whole lot more naval fleet? Some would say "because they can/want to"...I tend to believe otherwise.
Except Mongolia?
Originally posted by sweatmonicaIdo
Controlling the seas is the desire of every nation.
Originally posted by sweatmonicaIdo
Controlling the seas is the desire of every nation.
Originally posted by planeman
Is there any evidence to support that ALL of the Ludas have been upgraded with C-802/3 as your estimate suggests?
Type 051 modernisation variant (Luda-IV?): The PLA Navy experimentally fitted the French-made Crotale air-defence missile system and the Castor-II fire-control radar on two Type 051 destroyers Xi’an (106) and Kaifeng (109) in 1991. In 1999 Kaifeng (109) received a mid-life modernisation refit with the original HY-2 six missiles replaced by 16 YJ-83 (C-803) anti-ship missiles. The original 37mm and 57mm manual AAA guns were also replaced by four automatic Type 76A AAA guns. Most ships of the class have received the refit since then.
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
And chinawhite, don't you have carriers too?
Yes the question lies why to build up so quickly, the Taiwan problem perhaps. And chinawhite, don't you have carriers too?
Originally posted by Figher Master FIN
Originally posted by sweatmonicaIdo
Controlling the seas is the desire of every nation.
Except for the Swiss...
Hope you understood it was a JOKE.
Russia hands over powerful warship to China
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russia handed over to China a destroyer equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry on Thursday, finalising a $1.5 billion deal analysts say boosts Beijing's clout in its stand-off with Taiwan.
"The handover act was signed today, and a Chinese flag was hoisted on the ship," a Russian defence industry source told Reuters, requesting anonymity.
The warship was the fourth Project 956E 'Sovremenny' (Modern) class destroyer built at the Northern Shipyard in Russia's second city St Petersburg and sold to China under a 2002 deal through Russia's state arms trader Rosoboronexport.