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Monday, January 19, 2015

PLA's East Sea Fleet bolstered by new Type 054A frigate

Type 054A FFGA report by China's state-run China News Service said Jan. 16 that the Huanggang-class Type 054A multi-role frigate has become the latest addition to the People's Liberation Army's East Sea Fleet.

Assigned with the pennant number 577, the Huanggang-class frigate rolled off the assembly line in April 2013 and was commissioned Jan. 16.

The ship's armaments include 32 HQ-16 "red banner" radar-guided surface-to-air missiles and 8 YJ-83 "eagle strike" infra-red and millimeter-wave radar-guided anti-ship missiles capable of supersonic travel.

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