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Old 28th Jan 2012, 14:33
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glojo
 
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Hi Pr00ne,
Regarding the World I live on, all I can suggest is a different one from your very good self!

By the end of 2009 China had launched six Jiangkai II class (Type 054A) guided missile frigates (FFGs), but as of pictures posted online this week China has actually launched 8 Type 054As, with a 9th at HuangPu shipyard in Guangzhou province looking like it could launch very soon. Given the tendency to build in numbers divisible by 5, that means a 10th Type 054A is likely to be launched by years end at Hudong Shipyard.

China appears to be producing a steady state of 2 Type 054As per year that will continue for the next 2 annual Pentagon reports. There may also be a new destroyer class under construction at JiangNan shipyard, but pictures are hard to come by lately. Given the significant upgrades to JiangNan shipyard during the Eleventh five year plan, it could be these ships are coming out at the end of the 5 year cycle delayed primarily due to the upgrades at the shipyard
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