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Are those torpedo tubes?! If so, that's a lot of torpedos!
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IIRC ... anti-sub rockets.
The torpedoes come through a 2x3 set-up at the lower section of the ship.
They are anti- missile chaff.
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The 054B will have electric propulsion, greatly reducing the noise it creates and improving its speed. The first part will help it fill the role of anti sub warfare and the latter will let it keep up with carriers.
Assuming its sonar and radar get upgrades it should be useful in protecting carrier formations.
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Some cool itemized information about the Type 054A FFG. Anyhow it's good for refreshing one's own memory 
(Note, the amplification is mine, as well those under square brackets)
With appreciation to ILikeChina/SDF:
The Type 054A FFG was [once] the best anti-submarine warfare (ASW) vessel in PLA Navy service when I think (pop3) wrote these specifications. The Type 055 was not [yet] in service at that time. So better than the Type 052D, in that case, what may be the successor for Type 054A is Type 054B.
(Note, the amplification is mine, as well those under square brackets)With appreciation to ILikeChina/SDF:
The Type 054A FFG was [once] the best anti-submarine warfare (ASW) vessel in PLA Navy service when I think (pop3) wrote these specifications. The Type 055 was not [yet] in service at that time. So better than the Type 052D, in that case, what may be the successor for Type 054A is Type 054B.
- 054A is the most capable ASW vessel in PLAN service
- Construction on lead ship began in late 2003
- Normal displacement 3,600 tonnes
- Top speed greater than 27 knots
- Diesel propulsion units are mounted on vibration isolators
- Diesel generators are mounted on dual-layered vibration isolators, all wrapped within an acoustic shroud
- The ship has three standard sailing modes, one of which is the silent mode for use during ASW operations
- Sailing speed during ASW operations is at or below cruising speed, which is much lower than the top speed
- Sensor suite includes Type 307 bow sonar, Type 206 TAS (towed array sonar), Type 064 communications sonar, Type 707A acoustic field analyser, and Type 723 vessel surroundings monitoring sonar
- Type 206's max detection range is greater than 65km and max targeting range is greater than 60km, can operate in conditions up to and including sea state 5, and possesses detection capability of enemy torpedoes at ranges exceeding 10km
- Newer iterations have upgraded sensors including Type 311 TAS, Type 066 communications sonar, etc
- 054A is equipped with two sets of WHH003A 6-tube ASW rocket launchers with max range of 3130m and attack depth of 300m, used for attacking close submarines and intercepting torpedoes
- Each side of the ship is equipped with a VJQ-004B triple-tube torpedo-launcher, capable of firing Yu-7/A/B/C torpedoes with ranges of around 10km
- Yu-8 ASROC [for "Anti-Submarine ROCket"] has max range greater than 50km
- Yu-8 project commissioned in 2002 and achieved design certification by 2006
- Z-9C ASW helicopter has operating radius of 50km, Ka-28's is 200km
- 054A is equipped with SJK-562 torpedo-defence system, consisting of the Type 231 torpedo-approach warning and tracking system, Type 576A acoustic decoy, Type 578 rocket-launched acoustic decoy, Type 579 rocket-launched jammer, and the aforementioned WHH003A hard-kill system
- The PLAN is nowhere near as behind in ASW as commonly believed by many Western commentators and have commissioned dedicated ASW vessels, Type 927 [acoustic surveillance ship]
- There is still a gap between the PLAN and leading ASW powers but that gap mostly exists due to insufficient ASW fixed-wing aircraft, which the PLAN is already in the process of remedying
- All concrete figures given by pop3 are for systems that are being phased out, which is the only reason he was willing to give out those figures in the first place
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