Hudong Zhonghua Shipbuilding Corp. announced that three new ships will be launched at Hudong Shipyards, Shanghai tomorrow afternoon.
The three ships may be:
Type 071E (25,000t LPD, first export variant of this type) for Thailand Navy.
Type 054A #34 for PLAN.
Type 054AP #4 for Pakistan Navy.
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Posted in the type 054A thread, but it's also a breaking news for PLAN (one of the ships is a new 054A #34 for PLAN):
2x2 YJ-12 configuration is definitely too less for a 4000 ton frigate and 2x4 configuration is not a mission impossible. The Pakistan Navy may exercise and launch some missiles and then install more canisters and reload the missiles by their own maintenance team. This is just the first vessel...
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