The Diplomat:
China has launched another 4,000-ton Type 054A Jiangkai II-class guided-missile frigate at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on December 16, IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly reports.
Neither the name nor the pennant number are publicly known at this stage. Once commissioned, it will be the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) 29th Type 054A Jiangkai II-class guided-missile frigate in service.
The PLAN currently operates 25 (some sources indicate 26) Type 054A warships with at least four additional vessels of the class under construction. The Type 054A Jiangkai II-class, originally designed to replace older Type 053 frigates, constitutes the bulk of the PLANs surface combatants…
