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China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities
Table 2. PLA Navy Destroyer Commissionings
Actual (1994-2016) and Projected (20! 7-2018)
Sovre- Luyang
menny Luhu Luhai Luyang Lyugang Louzhou Ill
(Russian- (Type (Type I (Type II (Type (Type (Type Annual Cumulative
made) 052A) 051B) 052B) 052C) 051C) 052D) total total
1994 I I 1
1995 0 11996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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2016
2017
20182
2
1
2
3
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30
0
2
0
0
0
3
2
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0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3Source: IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2016-2017, and previous editions.
Four New Indigenously Built Frigate Classes
China since the early 1990s has put into service four new classes of indigenously built frigates,
two of which are variations of two others. The classes are called the Jiangwei I (Type 053 H2G),
Jiangwei II (Type 053H3), Jiangkai I (Type 054), and Jiangkai II (Type 054A) designs. Figure 10
shows a Jiangkai II-class ship.
Compared with China's remaining older Jianghu (Type 053) class frigates, which entered service
between the mid-1970s and 1989, the four new frigate classes feature improved hull designs and
systems, including improved AAW capabilities. DOD states that "China continues to produce the
JIANGKAI II-class guided-missile frigate (FFG) (Type 054A), with more than 20 ships currently
in the fleet and several more in various stages of construction.""' A December 25, 2016, blogCongressional Research Service
i 2017 DOD CMSD, p. 25.
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