China's Navy commissioned the 24th Xuchang missile frigate of project 054A
Xuchang became the 24 representative of the Jiankai II class. This line of ships built on the basis of the project 054, featuring a large number of advanced weapons systems and control. The lead frigate was commissioned in January 2008.
The total displacement of ships of this series is 4053 tons, the hull length is 134 meters, width is 16 meters. Speed - up to 29 nodes. Sailing Range - 3800 miles. Crew - 190 people.
Xuichang’s armament is represented by a vertical launch system with 32 cells for HQ-XNUM-class anti-aircraft missiles, two 16 launchers, YJ-4 anti-ship missiles, 83-mm artillery, 100 anti-aircraft CIWS anti-aircraft missile systems (a Chinese analogue AK system, 4 anti-aircraft missile systems CIWS (a Chinese counterpart of an AKA analogue, an analogue of an AKA analogue, an Chinese analogue AKT, 630 anti-aircraft artillery systems CIWS (a Chinese counterpart of an AK system, an analogue of an AKA anti-aircraft unit, a Chinese analogue AK system, an 2 anti-aircraft artillery system CIWS (a Chinese analogue AK system, an analogue of an AKA analogue, 324 anti-aircraft artillery systems CIWS) three-pipe torpedo tubes of caliber XNUMX mm.
In comparison with the earlier "brothers", Xuchang has a number of improvements, differing, in particular, with an improved integrated data processing system and new electronic warfare complexes.
Currently, Chinese shipyards at different stages of construction are still 3 frigate project 054A.
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