China Eyes Type 054A Frigate Sale To Russia

[HAIDER]

China in a move to sell its Type 054A to Russia might showcase the guided-missile frigates at the joint sea 2015 naval exercise later this month in the Mediterranean Sea, Want China Times website reported Sunday.

According to Alexander Mozgovoy, a Russian defense expert, Chinese Type 054A can be used as substitutes for the obsolete vessels currently in service before the Russian Navy puts advanced domestic frigates into service.

“Since most warships built in China are based on Soviet or Russian technology, Mozgovoy believes that they are particularly close to the requirements of Russia. He mentioned that the Type 054A frigates' weapons and electronic equipment can easily be replaced with domestic alternatives”, the website quoted Mozgovoy as saying.

Mozgovoy said, “The performance of Type 054A frigates, including their weapons systems, stealth capability, seaworthiness and endurance, are in line with the requirements of modern frigates. If China successfully sells its Type 054A to Russia, it will boost the reputation of Chinese defense industry. This is the first time for China to actually introduce its domestic weapon system to a major power instead of developing nations.”

“The 19th escort task force of the PLA Navy, Weishanhu, a Type 903 replenishment ship, as well as the Linyi and the Weifang, two Types of 054A guided-missile frigates, will participate in the joint naval exercises with the Russian Navy,” Geng Yansheng spokesperson for China's defense ministry was quoted as saying by the website.

The Type 054A frigate is a Chinese multi-role warship class, the first of which entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 2007.
China Eyes Type 054A Frigate Sale To Russia

 

[Zarvan]

China in a move to sell its Type 054A to Russia might showcase the guided-missile frigates at the joint sea 2015 naval exercise later this month in the Mediterranean Sea, Want China Times website reported Sunday.

According to Alexander Mozgovoy, a Russian defense expert, Chinese Type 054A can be used as substitutes for the obsolete vessels currently in service before the Russian Navy puts advanced domestic frigates into service.

“Since most warships built in China are based on Soviet or Russian technology, Mozgovoy believes that they are particularly close to the requirements of Russia. He mentioned that the Type 054A frigates' weapons and electronic equipment can easily be replaced with domestic alternatives”, the website quoted Mozgovoy as saying.

Mozgovoy said, “The performance of Type 054A frigates, including their weapons systems, stealth capability, seaworthiness and endurance, are in line with the requirements of modern frigates. If China successfully sells its Type 054A to Russia, it will boost the reputation of Chinese defense industry. This is the first time for China to actually introduce its domestic weapon system to a major power instead of developing nations.”

“The 19th escort task force of the PLA Navy, Weishanhu, a Type 903 replenishment ship, as well as the Linyi and the Weifang, two Types of 054A guided-missile frigates, will participate in the joint naval exercises with the Russian Navy,” Geng Yansheng spokesperson for China's defense ministry was quoted as saying by the website.

The Type 054A frigate is a Chinese multi-role warship class, the first of which entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 2007.
China Eyes Type 054A Frigate Sale To Russia

Tides are about to turn

 

[Retd. Irshad Hassan]

Yes, i believe so - tides are about to shift!

 

[Optimos Prime IA]

Very good move my Russians ... Cost effective way of renewing the fleet strength.

 

[masud]

i like Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate more............

 

[Sulman Badshah]

CHINA TRIES TO SELL TO RUSSIA TYPE 054A GUIDED MISSILE FRIGATES
It is the first time that China tries to sell sophisticated defence systems to Russia such as the Type 054A guided missile frigate


China intends to sell domestic designed and developed guided-missile frigates to Russia as a substitute for the obsolete vessels currently in service with the Russian Navy. It is the first time ever that China is trying to sell a sophisticated domestically developed defense system to a major technological and military power, like Russia.

The vessel that China is promoting to the Russian Navy is the Type 054A frigate, which was introduced to the Chinese Navy on 2007.

Since then 18 vessels have been built and commissioned, while six more are under construction.

In total the Chinese Navy is planning to receive in the near future 24 Type 054A frigates.

The displacement of the Chinese vessel is 4,053 tones, the length 134,1 meters and its beam 16 meters.

The propulsion system of the Type 54A frigate is consisted of four Shaanxi 16PA6 STC diesel engines (7,600 hp each ), which allow the vessel to achieve maximum speed of 27 knots.

The electronic equipment and sensors suites of the Type 054A frigate are:

(i) one Type 382, 3D air/surface search radar,

(ii) one Type 344 OTH target acquisition and surface to surface missile (SSM) radar,

(iii) four Type 345 surface to air missile (SAM) fire control radars,

(iv) one MR-36A surface search radar,

(v) one Type 347G fire control radar (FCR) for the 76mm naval gun

(vi) two Racal RM-1290 navigation radars,

(vii) MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system,

(viii) ZKJ-4B/6 combat data system,

(ix) HN-900 data link system (Link11A/B system), and finally SNTI-240 SATCOM.

Furthermore the Chinese frigate is equipped with the HZ-100 ECM and ELINT System, the Kashtan-3M missile jamming system and the Type 922-1 radar warning receiver

The armament of the Type 54A frigate includes, 32 cell VLS HQ-16 SAM, (a copy of the Russian system 3S90E 'Shtil-1' (SA-N-12)), 8 Chinese made C-803 SSM, one Chinese made PJ26 76 mm naval gun, two Type 730 seven barrel 30mm CIWS Gatling gun, 2x3 YU-324 mm ASW torpedo launchers, two Type 726-4 18 tube decoy rocket launchers and 2x6 Type 87 240 mm anti-submarine rocket launchers .

The Chinese frigate carries also one Ka-28 Helix Russian made, ASW helicopter.

The most important advantage of the Type 054A frigate is the origin of its equipment which is mostly based on Russian technology.

According to Alexander Mozgovoy, a Russian defense expert,

“The Type 054A frigates' weapons and electronic equipment can easily be replaced with domestic alternatives”.
As he mentioned on Want China Times website,

“The performance of Type 054A frigates, including their weapons systems, stealth capability, seaworthiness and endurance, are in line with the requirements of modern frigates. If China successfully sells its Type 054A to Russia, it will boost the reputation of Chinese defense industry”.
Two Chinese Type 54A frigates are going to participate in the joint naval exercises with the Russian Navy later this month in the Mediterranean Sea.

This will be a fine opportunity for the Chinese to demonstrate the capabilities of their ships to the Russian Navy which struggles to build as many as possible new surface vessels, in order to gain the lost ground of the previous decade, when the problems of the Russian economic did not allow any major ship building programme.

 

[Penguin]

Russia is currently producing 2 classes of frigates for domestic consumption (the Talwar-based project 11356M and the new project 22350, of which there is also an export version, which is armed similarly to the 11356M). They have no need whatsoever for a Chinese frigate, whichs offers them nothing in terms of new capabilities that they don't already produce at home.

The only advantage for the Chinese to keep the yards building on the mass produced Type 054A would be lower unit cost, offset to some extent by introduction of Russian domestic systems, and quicker availability to the Russian navy. Lacking a comparable domestic diesel engine, however, the Russian navy would risk make itself dependent on licence produced Chinese diesels.

 

[Barmaley]

This is bullshit news. Why do you even keep replied?

Mozgovoy said

Into the trash it goes, he's not an expert, but journalist.

 

[IND151]

Russia is currently producing 2 classes of frigates for domestic consumption (the Talwar-based project 11356M and the new project 22350, of which there is also an export version, which is armed similarly to the 11356M). They have no need whatsoever for a Chinese frigate, whichs offers them nothing in terms of new capabilities that they don't already produce at home.

The only advantage for the Chinese to keep the yards building on the mass produced Type 054A would be lower unit cost, offset to some extent by introduction of Russian domestic systems, and quicker availability to the Russian navy. Lacking a comparable domestic diesel engine, however, the Russian navy would risk make itself dependent on licence produced Chinese diesels.

absolutely......................